Description
Storing Energy: With Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources, Second Edition has been fully revised and substantially extended to provide up-to-date and essential discussion that will support the needs of the world's future energy and climate change policies. New sections cover thermal energy storage, tidal storage, sustainability issues in relation to storing energy and impacts on global energy markets. Various systems are discussed, including mechanical/kinetic, thermal, electrochemical and other chemical, as well as other emerging technologies.Incorporating advancements described in the book will help the people of the world further overcome the problems related to future energy and climate change.- Covers all types of energy storage systems, allowing and encouraging comparisons to be made- Written by world experts in the field to provide the latest developments in this fast moving and vital technology- Covers the technical, environmental, social and political aspects related to the storing of energy, and in particular, renewable energy
Table of Contents
A. INTRODUCTION1.The Role of Energy Storage in Low-Carbon Energy SystemsB. ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE TECHNIQUES GRAVITATIONAL/ MECHANICAL / THERMOMECHANICAL2. Pumped Hydro-electricity3. Novel Hydroelectric Storage Concepts4. Advance Rail Energy Storage (ARES)5. Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) in Underground Formations6. Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) with Underground Storage7 Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) with Undersea Bags8. Pumped Hydro Combined with Compressed Air9. Liquid Air Energy Storage: (LAES)10. Flywheels11. Rechargeable Batteries12. The Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries Thermal13. Phase Changes14. Solar Ponds15. Sensible Thermal Energy Storage: Diurnal and Seasonal Chemical16. Hydrogen from Water Electrolysis17. Chemical Reactions18. Power to Gas19. Traditional Energy Storage: natural gas, oil and coal 20. Large Scale Hydrogen StorageC. INTEGRATION21. Network Integration and Smart Grids22. Off-Grid Energy StorageD. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND THE POLITICS OF INTRODUCING RENEWABLE ENERGY SCHEMES23. Energy Storage World-Wide24. Energy Storage in China25. Politics of Investing in Renewable Energy Systems26. Pumped Thermal Energy27. Betavoltaic Devices for Small28. Batteries (Diamond Plus C14 Graphite)29. Superconducting Magnets30. Supercapitors31. Harvesting Energy from Car Tyres (Friction)32. Concentrated Solar Energy and Co2 + H2o Catalysed to Liquid Fuel33. Tidal Storage34. Molten Salts35. New Types of Batteries36. Sustainability Issues in Storing Energy37. Energy Markets for Storing Energy around the World
