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Shipboard Electrical Power Systems
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Shipboard Electrical Power Systems

by Mukund R. Patel
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
370 pages
12h 24m
English
CRC Press
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Electrochemical Battery
Electrical power, although a very convenient form of energy to distribute and use,
cannot be easily stored on a large scale. Almost all electrical power generated by
utility power plants is consumed simultaneously in real time. However, various tech-
nologies are presently available to store energy on a relatively small scale in electri-
cal, mechanical, chemical, and magnetic form. The energy storage densities in these
alternatives and their typical durations of use are compared in Table12.1.
The electrochemical battery stores energy in the electrochemical form for a wide
variety of applications in consumer products ...
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