Development of a 0.1 kW power accumulation pilot plant based on an Fe/Cr redox flow battery Part I. Considerations on flow-distribution design

Codina, Guillermo; Perez, J.R.; López-Atalaya, M.; Vásquez, José; Aldaz, A.

doi:10.1016/0378-7753(94)80026-x

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“…This has the result of increasing the requirements for parasitic power to circulate the electrolyte through the system; this complicates system design and increases both capital and operating costs. Several researchers have investigated the design implications for flow batteries for particular systems, though optimization will be required for specific electrolyte and cell configurations [135][136][137].…”

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confidence: 99%

Redox flow batteries: a review

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Redox flow batteries: a review

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“…The energy efficiency of the all-vanadium battery is lower than that of the lead-acid battery (<90%) [46], but a voltage efficiency of around 70% is within the range of typical values measured for RFBs using the iron/ chromium (73-82%) [47,48] and bromine/polysulfide (75%) [49] couples.…”

Section: Fundamental Electrochemistry and Performance Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Current (charge/coulombic) efficiency values of 98%, have been calculated for the all-vanadium flow cell, compared with 80-90% and 81-99% for the lead-acid enclosed cell and the iron/chromium flow cell, respectively [5,46]. The energy efficiency of the all-vanadium battery is lower than that of the lead-acid battery (<90%) [46], but a voltage efficiency of around 70% is within the range of typical values measured for RFBs using the iron/ chromium (73-82%) [47,48] and bromine/polysulfide (75%) [49] couples.…”

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Development of the all-vanadium redox flow battery for energy storage: a review of technological, financial and policy aspects

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Shah

Walsh

2011

Int. J. Energy Res.

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SUMMARYThe commercial development and current economic incentives associated with energy storage using redox flow batteries (RFBs) are summarised. The analysis is focused on the all-vanadium system, which is the most studied and widely commercialised RFB. The recent expiry of key patents relating to the electrochemistry of this battery has contributed to significant levels of commercialisation in, for example, Austria, China and Thailand, as well as pilot-scale developments in many countries. The potential benefits of increasing battery-based energy storage for electricity grid load levelling and MW-scale wind/solar photovoltaic-based power generation are now being realised at an increasing level. Commercial systems are being applied to distributed systems utilising kW-scale renewable energy flows. Factors limiting the uptake of all-vanadium (and other) redox flow batteries include a comparatively high overall internal costs of $217 kW −1 h −1 and the high cost of stored electricity of ≈ $0.10 kW −1 h −1 . There is also a low-level utility scale acceptance of energy storage solutions and a general lack of battery-specific policy-led incentives, even though the environmental impact of RFBs coupled to renewable energy sources is favourable, especially in comparison to natural gas-and diesel-fuelled spinning reserves. Together with the technological and policy aspects associated with flow batteries, recent attempts to model redox flow batteries are considered. The issues that have been addressed using modelling together with the current and future requirements of modelling are outlined.

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“…With an external electrolyte reservoir containing redox couples, the flow batteries can independently scale the power and energy capacity components of the system [2][3][4][5]. Most RFBs are based on aqueous media containing redox couples such as iron/chromium [6], bromine/polysulfide [7], zinc/bromine [8], and all-vanadium [9,10] species. Huskinson's group [11] recently demonstrated that an aqueous flow battery based on the redox chemistry of 9,10-anthraquinone-2,7-disulphonic acid (AQDS) and a Br 2 /Br − couple yields a peak galvanic power density exceeding 0.6 W cm − 2 at 1.3 A cm − 2 .…”

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confidence: 99%