The invention discloses a
liquid metal-
graphite heat storage device for
waste heat recovery of a large
heat supply unit, and belongs to the technical field of
waste heat utilization, the device comprises a communicating
pipe and a heat
storage tank, the heat
storage tank comprises a shell, a heat preservation layer and a
graphite block layer, the
graphite block layer forms a containing cavity,
phase change molten metal is contained in the containing cavity, and the communicating
pipe is communicated with the shell; the heat
storage tank is provided with a first heat exchange
pipe used for being inserted into the
phase change molten metal.
Waste heat of high-temperature
waste gas generated in the working process of a large-scale thermal power
heat supply unit can be stored, heat is transmitted to the graphite block through
liquid metal, the
composite structure can improve the rate and performance of the high-temperature heat storage / release process, the economic cost is reduced, the phase-change
molten metal has high
thermal conductivity and a moderate
melting point, and the phase-change molten
metal can be recycled. The heat storage tank is compact in structure, large in
energy storage density, simple in structure and reliable in operation, the graphite blocks have high
specific heat capacity and good
heat stability, and the heat storage device sequentially achieves
cascade storage of high-grade
heat energy, medium-grade
heat energy and low-grade
heat energy.