Project Meeting of the project „Hybrid energy storage system using post-mininginfrastructure” (HESS) – presentation of the WP.5. results

On June 12, 2024, a meeting was held at ITPE as part of the project entitled „Hybrid energy storage system using post-mining infrastructure” (HESS). It was attended by representatives of Silesian University of Technology, KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Premogovnik Velenje d.o.o. from Slovenia and the Institute of Energy and Fuel Processing Technology (ITPE). The HESS project is co-financed by the European Commission under the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) Program, contract number 10111280.

The main goal of the meeting was to present the current status of work under WP.5. Heat storage in post-mining infrastructure. Presentations were given by: Dr. Eng. Michał Jurczyk (Silesian University of Technology) and MSc. Eng. Tomasz Spietz (ITPE). Task 5.1. includes experimental research on heat storage materials and the TES thermal energy storage device. It is being carried out by scientists from the Faculty of Environmental and Energy Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology and ITPE. As part of this task, an extensive literature review was conducted in the field of energy storage materials: mineral and PCM (phase change materials). A methodology for assessing heat storage materials was developed and their analysis was carried out. Installations for testing thermal energy storage were presented as part of the HESS project at the Silesian University of Technology and ITPE. The work effect is the report D 5.1. Thermal energy storage material studies. The results were also published in Energies (https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/14/3544, M. Jurczyk, T. Spietz, A. Czardybon, S. Dobras, K. Ignasiak, Ł. Bartela, W. Uchman, J.  Ochmann; “Review of Thermal Energy Storage Materials for Application in Large-Scale Integrated Energy Systems—Methodology for Matching Heat Storage Solutions for Given Applications” Energies 2024, 17(14), 3544).