The delivery and installation of the combination machine for the TMS battery was a success.
The TMS project team from the Institute of Process Engineering, Process Automation and Metrology (IPM ) managed a complicated lift-in under tight space conditions in the Zittau power plant laboratory on February 15, 2022. Together with colleagues from project partner Spilling Technologies Hamburg and other trades involved, the 6.5-tonne machine was installed using a crane. It took 22 months of intensive preparation to get to this point.
The experimental investigation of the newly developed unique combined machine, which is a core component for the construction of the TMS battery, can now begin. The TMS battery is a thermo-mechanical electricity storage system (CARNOT battery) for sector coupling of electricity and heat. At its heart is a multi-cylinder piston engine that can be operated both as a heat pump (compressor) and as a heat engine (expander). This allows electricity to be stored in steam and converted back into electricity. (more information: at https://www.hszg.de/news/wie-funktioniert-die-tms-batterie)
With this research work, all those involved are making an important contribution to a future without fossil fuels and thus to the success of the energy transition.
