Analysis of heat release characteristics and optimization of high temperature thermal energy storage discharge strategies

• Discovered nonlinear impact of airflow velocity on thermal storage efficiency and temperature distribution. • Contrasted three discharge strategies’ contrasting benefits: efficiency vs. uniformity vs. simplicity. • Established practical guidelines for strategy selection balancing energy and thermal priorities. High-temperature solid thermal energy storage (TES) is the core equipment of thermal energy storage power plants. However it faces challenges such as internal temperature non-uniformity