This book provides system performances and properties of different energy storage means and is helpful for electrical engineers, students, and other relevant practitioners to understand and design energy storage systems. The book will provide the technical community with solid and detailed knowledge that will help with the development of new solutions and products to address key hot topics of our time, like electric/hybrid vehicles, ultrafast battery charging, smart grids, renewable energy (e.g., solar, wind), peak shaving, and reduction of energy consumption. The book also contains multiple international case studies and a rich set of exercises including their solutions.
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Contains a comprehensive description and comparison of different energy storage techniques and the limitations of the current technologies as they relate to future research efforts and technology developments.
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Incorporates Ragone plots to clearly show the link between the amount of energy that can be stored/recovered and its dependency on the transfer power level.
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Presents energy storage technologies, system performance and property aspects, and basic definitions of energy storage.
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Includes exercises to further solidify the knowledge and demonstrate applications.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Generalities on Energy Storage
Chapter 2 : Energy Storage Technologies
Chapter 3 : Comparative Ratings and Properties
Chapter 4 : Electrochemical Energy Storage
Chapter 5 : Energy Storage by Means of Supercapacitors
Chapter 6 : Energy Storage Systems Based on Compressed Air
Chapter 7 : Hydropower Pumped Storage Facilities
Chapter 8 : Flywheel Systems
Chapter 9 : Energy Storage Based on Hydrogen
Chapter 10 : System Arrangements and Applications
Appendix
Index
