Charging system with a high temperature thermal energy exchange system and method for charging heat storage material of the high temperature thermal energy exchange system with thermal energy

A charging system with a least one high temperature thermal energy exchange system, comprising:

• at least one heat exchange chamber with chamber boundaries that surround at least one chamber interior of the at least one heat exchange chamber, wherein the chamber boundaries comprise at least one inlet opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the at least one chamber interior and at least one outlet opening for guiding out an outflow of the at least one heat transfer fluid out of the at least one chamber interior;
• at least one heat storage material arranged in the at least one heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the at least one heat transfer fluid through the at least one heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the at least one heat storage material and the at least one heat transfer fluid;
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• at least one charging unit for heating the at least one heat transfer fluid of the inflow;
• wherein the chamber boundary with one of the openings comprises a transition area with a tapering profile such that an opening diameter of the openings aligns to a first tapering profile diameter of the tapering profile and a chamber diameter of the at least one heat exchange chamber aligns to a second tapering profile diameter of the tapering profile.

A charging system with a least one high temperature thermal energy exchange system, comprising:

• at least one heat exchange chamber with chamber boundaries that surround at least one chamber interior of the at least one heat exchange chamber, wherein the chamber boundaries comprise at least one inlet opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the at least one chamber interior and at least one outlet opening for guiding out an outflow of the at least one heat transfer fluid out of the at least one chamber interior;
• at least one heat storage material arranged in the at least one heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the at least one heat transfer fluid through the at least one heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the at least one heat storage material and the at least one heat transfer fluid;
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• at least one charging unit for continuously heating the at least one heat transfer fluid upstream of the at least one inlet opening in a charging mode, wherein at least one discharging unit discharges the heat of the at least one heat transfer fluid in a discharging mode;
• wherein the at least one high temperature thermal energy exchange system is integrated with an existing power plant.