NESTOR
A Novel Energy STORage and transportation concept based on concentrated solar irradiation-aided CaO-looping
| National Action Range | ÄéìåñÞò Å&Ô Óõíåñãáóßá ÅëëÜäáò-Ãåñìáíßáò 2013-2015 |
| Financing Code for Project | 2015 |
| Project start year - end year | 2014 - 2016 |
| Financing organisation | General Secretariat for Research and Technology |
| Coordinator | National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" (NCSR) |
| Other partners |
Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory (APTL) Lehrstuhl fur Thermische Verfahrenstechnik / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (TVT) |
| Budget / APTL Budget | 479,740 € / 167,960 € |
| Scientific Manager / Project researcher | A. G. Konstandopoulos / G. Karagiannakis |
| Project website | |
| Summary | The main aim of NESTOR is to become the first step towards the introduction of a novel, integrated and cost effective approach for efficient energy storage/management applications, based on cheap, available and non-harmful components, the CaO/CaCO3 system. This system belongs to the concept of Energy Carrying Compounds (ETS), using a suitable material to carry the energy from an energy-rich site to the place of energy demand. The ETS, in the low energy state, travels back to the energy-rich site. Under-standably, Greece is the energy-rich site and Germany is the site of demand. Such a thermochemical energy storage system could provide a means of renewable energy storage and transport. |