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Cryogenic Energy Storage

Cryogenic energy storage uses low temperature liquids like liquid air or liquid nitrogen as a way to store energy. Liquid air was used to power early cars in the late 19th century, and more recently liquid nitrogen vehicles have been developed. Peter Dearman invented a liquid air car and then adapted the technology for grid-scale energy storage. His system is now being piloted at a UK power station to store excess electricity using cryogenic liquids.

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Cryogenic Energy Storage

Cryogenic energy storage uses low temperature liquids like liquid air or liquid nitrogen as a way to store energy. Liquid air was used to power early cars in the late 19th century, and more recently liquid nitrogen vehicles have been developed. Peter Dearman invented a liquid air car and then adapted the technology for grid-scale energy storage. His system is now being piloted at a UK power station to store excess electricity using cryogenic liquids.

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Cryogenic energy storage

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Cryogenic energy storage (CES) is the use of low temperature (cryogenic) liquids such as liquid air or liquid nitrogen as energy storage.[1][2] Both cryogens have been used to power cars. The inventor Peter Dearman initially developed a liquid air car, and then used the technology he developed for grid energy storage. The technology is being piloted at a UK power station.[3]

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1 History 2 Grid energy storage


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2.1 Process 2.2 Efficiency 2.3 Pilot plant

3 References 4 External links

History
A liquid air powered car called Liquid Air was built between 1899 and 1902. More recently, a liquid nitrogen vehicle was built. Peter Dearman, a garage inventor in Hertfordshire, UK who had initially developed a liquid air powered car, then put the technology to use as grid energy storage.[4] The Dearman engine differs from former nitrogen engine designs in that the nitrogen is heated by combining it with the heat exchange fluid inside the cylinder of the engine.[5][6]

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