Preprints

  • Lohrke, Tim-Bjarne and Thomsen, Jonas and Niepelt, Raphael and Richter, Markus and Kabelac, Stephan, A Battery for Free? Design Methodology for Ruths Energy Storage System. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6754712 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6754712 
  • Schmidt, Eike and Wetzel, Thomas and Niedermeier, Klarissa, Analysis of Heat Transport Mechanisms in Packed-Bed Thermal Energy Storage with Liquid Metal as Heat Transfer Fluid and Validation of a Simulation with a Lab-Scale Experiment (January 15, 2026).
    Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6717039 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6717039
  • Bederna, Benedikt Gregor and Schmidt, Eike and Folkers, Steffen and Niedermeier, Klarissa and Xu, Yixia and Schuster, Sebastian and Thomas, Christiane, Evaluation of a Carnot battery trade-off concept between efficiency and the amount of components based on transcritical cycles and a packed-bed thermal energy storage. Available at SSRN:  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6756059 
  • Zendel, Lauritz and Stelzer, Jonathan and Dammel, Frank and Fichtner, Wolf and Stephan, Peter. Market-Based Optimization of the Energy-to-Power Ratio of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage unit based Carnot Battery (July 28, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6034394 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6034394
  • B. Bederna, Ch. Thomas. First experimental investigation of the Recuperative Two-Phase heat pump Cycle. TechRxiv. January 28, 2026. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.176964093.37805224/v1
  • Simon Schmeing, Alexandra Welp, Burak Atakan. Experimental investigation of a heat pump coupled to a thermal storage for charging a Carnot battery. TechRxiv. December 03, 2025. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.176478421.10869135/v1
  • Thomsen, Jonas and Brendel, Rolf and Hanke-Rauschenbach, Richard and Bensmann, Astrid and Niepelt, Raphael, Estimating break-even costs of emerging storage technologies via inverse optimization: A case study on Carnot Batteries. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5741190 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5741190 
  • Atakan, Burak, Thermodynamic Analysis of Carnot Batteries:Storage Temperatures, Sensitivities, and Optimal Parameters. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4770381 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4770381