Energy Storage Hardback

Energy storage examines different applications such as electric power generation, transmission and distribution systems, pulsed systems, transportation, buildings and mobile applications. For each of these applications, proper energy storage technologies are foreseen, with their advantages, disadvantages and limits. As electricity cannot be stored cheaply in large quantities, energy has to be stored in another form (chemical, thermal, electromagnetic, mechanical) and then converted back into electric power and/or energy using conversion systems. Most of the storage technologies are examined: batteries, hydrogen, super capacitors, SMES, flywheels, CAES, thermal storage and hydraulic gravitational storage.

1. Introduction. 2. Energy storage for electric networks. 3. Transportation. 4. Energy Storage and PV systems. 5. Nomad applications and micro-power sources. 6. Hydrogen storage. 7. Fuel cells. 8. Fuel cells, system operation. 9. Electrochemical storage: piles and batteries. 10. Supercapacitors. 11. Film capacitor for energy storage. 12. Magnetic storage: SMES. 13. Kinetic storage: Flywheel. 14. Compressed air storage: CAES. 15. Hydropneumatic storage. 16. High temperature storage. 17. Hydraulic storage. 18. Power electronics for energy storage.