压缩空气储能——让电能穿越时空

Compressed air energy storage enables electricity to travel through time and space

电能的利用已经有数百年的历史,电力的发输配用长久以来有效地支撑着人类的社会经济生活。当今社会,人们提倡绿色的能量生产与消费模式,电力的存储作为使电力行业价值链闭环和实现能源结构调整的重要技术,在人类碳中和使命中担任重要角色。压缩空气储能是大规模电力存储技术中最具发展潜力的技术之一。文章以压缩空气储能的科学研究和技术发展作为主线,概述了该技术的原理、现状,及未来的发展前景。

Electric energy has been used for hundreds of years,and all this time its transmission,distribution and utilization has been supporting our social and economic life.But now we need to advocate environment-friendly energy production and consumption.Electrical energy storage is an important technology to complete the industry’s value chain and contribute to its restructuring,thus it plays a pivotal role in the mission of carbon neutrality.Compressed air energy storage is one of the most promising technologies in large-scale energy storage.This paper focuses on the research and development of compressed air energy storage,and summarizes the principle,current status and future development prospects of this technology.