Overview on recent developments in energy storage: Mechanical, electrochemical and hydrogen technologies

Amirante, Riccardo; Cassone, Egidio; Distaso, Elia; Tamburrano, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2016.11.046

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“…It can be said that pumped hydro storage has a working mechanism, which is very similar to hydroelectric power plants. Overall efficiency of pumped hydro storage systems is reported to be in the range of 70% to 85%, depending on its location, size, situation, age, and construction status …”

Section: Energy Storage Systemsmentioning

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“…In general, underground storage is cheaper than above ground storage. Both CAES systems have overall efficiencies around 40% to 75% with startup times around 5 to 15 minutes . One issue with CAES is the fact that during compression process, a portion of energy is lost (heat loss) as the air heats up when being compressed.…”

Section: Energy Storage Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The lifetime of lead acid batteries depend various factors (such as selected component materials) and in general reported to be around 3 to 10 years. Currently, the total power output of installed lead acid batteries worldwide is around 35 MW Nickel cadmium batteries have longer lifetimes compared with lead acid batteries, which is around 10 to 15 years.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A comprehensive evaluation of energy storage options for better sustainability

Acar

2018

Int J Energy Res

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Summary Due to ever increasing global energy demand and the limited nature of fossil fuel reserves, there has been tremendous research and development studies in the literature, focusing on alternative and clean energy resources and systems. Renewables are the promising choice when it comes to addressing some critical energy issues such as climate change and energy security. However, renewables have intermittent and discontinuous supplies; hence, they need to be stored in ways that are affordable, reliable, flexible, clean, safe, and efficient. As a result, energy storage is becoming a crucial step to build innovative energy systems for a sustainable future. Energy can be stored in many forms, from electrical to chemical (eg, hydrogen), or electrochemical, thermal, electromagnetic, etc. Each form consists of different technologies, some of which are already commercially mature while others are at early research and development stages. Each of these options can be tailored to meet different end users' needs at different scales. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a comprehensive review on the most recent status of energy storage options, along with the requirements of various end users, and characteristics of smart energy storage systems. The main objective is to summarize the performance evaluation statuses of mechanical, electrochemical, chemical, thermal, and electromagnetic energy storage technologies. The selected performance measures are capacity flexibility, energy arbitrage, system balancing, congestion management, environmental impact, and power quality. In the end, some key recommendations and future directions for energy storage systems are provided.

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Section: Energy Storage Systemsmentioning

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Section: Energy Storage Systemsmentioning

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Section: Energy Storage Systemsmentioning

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A comprehensive evaluation of energy storage options for better sustainability

Acar

2018

Int J Energy Res

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“…These concerns inspire researchers to develop a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and economically alternative renewable energy resource as well as energy storage devices . Therefore, in recent times, large‐scale evaluation for the development of energy storage systems such as batteries and supercapacitors is ongoing . Among them, supercapacitors have earned foremost attention due to their long cycle life, high power, quick charge–discharge, flexibility, and lightweight structures as compared with batteries .…”

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Fabrication of an Advanced Symmetric Supercapattery Based on Nanostructured Bismuth‐Cobalt‐Zinc Ternary Oxide Anchored on Silicon Carbide Hybrid Composite Electrode

2019

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Herein, a novel nanostructure hybrid electrode based on silicon carbide supports a bismuth‐cobalt‐zinc ternary oxide composite (SiC/BiCoZnO) material that is designed for a high‐performance supercapattery device. The hybrid microstructure SiC/BiCoZnO is synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method subsequently followed by a calcination process. The mesoporous BiCoZnO nanoparticles (with specific surface area of 154.5 m2 g−1) are linked on the large surface of SiC structures in a SiC/BiCoZnO nanocomposite. The hybrid electrode possesses a high specific capacity of 841.1 C g−1 at a current density of 1 A g−1 in a mixed electrolyte of 1 m KOH + 1 m Na2SO4 due to synergistic effects of high conduction as well as large SiC structures and redox active metals present in the BiCoZnO nanoparticles. Moreover, the SiC/BiCoZnO nanocomposite displays excellent rate performance in a symmetric supercapattery device, which offers an excellent energy density of 76.25 Wh kg−1 at 1 A g−1 and maximum power output of 19 000 W kg−1 at 20 A g−1 with an outstanding capacity retention of 84.2% after 10 000 charge–discharge cycles. Thus, the hybrid architecture of the SiC/BiCoZnO nanocomposite with superior electrochemical properties can make it highly beneficial for the fabrication of energy and power devices.

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“…One feasible solution could be a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) consisting of a super capacitor and a battery. Super capacitors have much better cycling performance compared to batteries so they can be used to smooth out the small ripple in PV generator output power, whereas batteries can be used to compensate for bigger power fluctuations [9]. Operation of such ESSs has been studied in numerous papers [19].…”

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Ideal Operation of a Photovoltaic Power Plant Equipped with an Energy Storage System on Electricity Market

Järvelä

Valkealahti

2017

Applied Sciences

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Abstract:There is no natural inertia in a photovoltaic (PV) generator and changes in irradiation can be seen immediately at the output power. Moving cloud shadows are the dominant reason for fast PV power fluctuations taking place typically within a minute between 20 to 100% of the clear sky value roughly 100 times a day, on average. Therefore, operating a utility scale grid connected PV power plant is challenging. Currently, in many regions, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind receive feed-in tariffs that ensure a certain price for the energy. On the other hand, electricity markets operate on a supply-demand principle and a typical imbalance settlement period is one hour. This paper presents the energy, power and corresponding requirements for an energy storage system in a solar PV power plant to feed the power to the grid meeting the electricity spot markets practices. An ideal PV energy production forecast is assumed to be available to define reference powers of the system for the studied imbalance settlement periods. The analysis is done for three different PV system sizes using the existing irradiance measurements of the Tampere University of Technology solar PV power station research plant.

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Overview on recent developments in energy storage: Mechanical, electrochemical and hydrogen technologies

Cited by 420 publications

References 106 publications

A comprehensive evaluation of energy storage options for better sustainability

A comprehensive evaluation of energy storage options for better sustainability

Fabrication of an Advanced Symmetric Supercapattery Based on Nanostructured Bismuth‐Cobalt‐Zinc Ternary Oxide Anchored on Silicon Carbide Hybrid Composite Electrode

Ideal Operation of a Photovoltaic Power Plant Equipped with an Energy Storage System on Electricity Market

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