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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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10
Energy Storage*
There must surely come a time when heat and power will be stored in unlimited quanti-
ties…all gathered by natural forces.
—Thomas A. Edison, 1910
10.1 Overview of Storage Technology
In June 2008, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers published a white paper
entitled, “Massive electricity storage” [1]. This paper states that electricity is generated
and consumed instantaneously and that the electric power grid essentially has little or
no storage capacity to smooth out variations in demand. However, coal-red and nuclear
power plants have turbine generators that can deliver continuo
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ISBN: 9781466556966