Book description
Energy Storage discusses the needs of the world’s future energy and climate change policies, covering the various types of renewable energy storage in one comprehensive volume that allows readers to conveniently compare the different technologies and find the best process that suits their particularly needs.
Each chapter is written by an expert working in the field and includes copious references for those wishing to study the subject further. Various systems are discussed, including mechanical/kinetic, thermal, electrochemical and other chemical, as well as other emerging technologies. Incorporating the advancements in storing energy as described in this book will help the people of the world further overcome the problems related to future energy and climate change.
- Covers most types of energy storage that is being considered today, and allows comparisons to be made
- Each chapter is written by a world expert in the field, providing the latest developments is this fast moving and vital field
- Covers technical, environmental, social and political aspects related to the storing of energy and in particular renewable energy
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part A: Introduction
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Part B: Electrical Energy Storage Techniques Gravitational/Mechanical/Thermomechanical
- Chapter 2: Pumped Hydroelectric Storage
- Chapter 3: Novel Hydroelectric Storage Concepts
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Chapter 4: Advanced Rail Energy Storage: Green Energy Storage for Green Energy
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Market for utility-scale energy storage
- 3. How much storage is needed for renewable energy?
- 4. Value and storage market
- 5. Competitive storage technologies
- 6. Advanced Rail Energy Storage
- 7. ARES operational control system
- 8. Advantages of ARES
- 9. Potential sites in the Southwestern United States
- 10. ARES Pilot and First Commercial Project
- 11. Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 5: Compressed Air Energy Storage
- Chapter 6: Compressed Air Energy Storage in Underground Formations
- Chapter 7: Underwater Compressed Air Energy Storage
- Chapter 8: A Novel Pumped Hydro Combined with Compressed Air Energy
- Chapter 9: Liquid Air Energy Storage
- Chapter 10: Flywheels
- Part C: Electrochemical
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Part D: Thermal
- Chapter 13: Phase Change Materials
- Chapter 14: Solar Ponds
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Chapter 15: Sensible Thermal Energy Storage: Diurnal and Seasonal
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction: storing thermal energy
- 2. Design of the thermal storage and thermal stratification
- 3. Modeling of sensible heat storage
- 4. Second Law analysis of thermal energy storage
- 5. Solar thermal energy storage systems
- 6. Cold thermal energy storage
- 7. Seasonal storage
- 8. Concluding remarks
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Part E: Chemical
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Chapter 16: Hydrogen From Water Electrolysis
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hydrogen as an energy vector and basic principles of water electrolysis
- 3. Hydrogen production via water electrolysis
- 4. Strategies for storing energy in hydrogen
- 5. Technology demonstrations utilizing hydrogen as an energy storage medium
- 6. Emerging technologies and outlook
- Chapter 17: Thermochemical Energy Storage
- Chapter 18: Power-to-Gas
- Chapter 19: Traditional Bulk Energy Storage—Coal and Underground Natural Gas and Oil Storage
- Chapter 20: Larger Scale Hydrogen Storage
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Chapter 16: Hydrogen From Water Electrolysis
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Part F: Integration
- Chapter 21: Energy Storage Integration
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Chapter 22: Off-Grid Energy Storage
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction: the challenges of energy storage
- 2. Why is off-grid energy important?
- 3. Battery technologies and applications
- 4. Dealing with renewable variability
- 5. The emergence of minigrids and microgrids
- 6. Energy storage in island contexts
- 7. Bring clean energy to the poor
- 8. The way forward: cost–structure evolution
- 9. International examples
- 10. Conclusions
- Part G: International Issues and the Politics of Introducing Renewable Energy Schemes
- Subject Index
Product information
- Title: Storing Energy
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2016
- Publisher(s): Elsevier
- ISBN: 9780128034491
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