摘要 |
A wind power energy system (10) includes a compression system (16) that produces pressurized air with a first temperature that is received by a storage system (26) at a second temperature that is approximately equal to the first temperature. The wind power energy system (10) is insulated with about ten centimeters of glasswool insulation (20) to create an essentially adiabatic system. The pressurized air is utilized by a generator (42) and generate electricity for a power grid (48). The generator (42) also includes a combustion engine (50) input. A control system (54) detects fluctuation in wind power and commands the combustion engine (50) to provide an appropriate amount of input energy to the generator such that the sum of the wind energy and combustion engine inputs produces a predetermined amount of electrical output by the generator. |