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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Energy storage technology"”.
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Power system sizing and analysis for electric aircraft conceptual design
… design level. Considerations for machine type, energy storage technology, volume packaging, and modeling are discussed. The methodology is applied to a design study for a medium-altitude, long-endurance survey drone to demonstrate the process and results. Finally, future research topics in the …
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Increasing renewable energy system value through storage
Intermittent renewable energy sources do not always provide power at times of greatest electricity demand or highest prices. To do so reliably, energy storage is likely required. However, no single energy storage technology is dominant when comparing cost intensities of the energy capacity and …
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Garnet-Type Li7La3Zr2O12
<p>Advancements in electrochemical energy storage materials are critical in the development and utilization of renewable energy technologies. These advancements involve obtaining a better understanding of electrochemical mechanisms and properties through scientific research towards an improved …
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Laboratory-Scale Thermal Energy Grid Storage (TEGS) Prototype
Grid-scale long duration energy storage will be necessary to maintain grid reliability in the US and beyond as intermittent renewables become the dominant source of electricity generation. An appealing long duration energy storage technology is thermal energy storage due to its low energy-based …
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Modeling, control, and design of hybrid electrical and thermal energy storage systems
Advances in power density, energy storage technology, and thermal management are crucial to the increased electrification of vehicles, including those with high ramp rate loads such as heavy construction and military vehicles. In this thesis, a hybrid electro-thermal energy storage system is …
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Status of grid scale energy storage and strategies for accelerating cost effective deployment
The development of emerging grid scale energy storage technologies offers great potential to improve the architecture and operation of the electrical grid. This is especially important in the face of increased reliance on clean, dependable electricity and with the influx of renewable generation and …
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Enhancing the study of battery degradation using machine learning to get more out of data
Improving energy storage technology is one of the key challenges for tackling anthropogenic climate change. This work investigates the degradation of two key technologies for energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most promising candidate for use in electric vehicles and portable …
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Degradation Mechanisms and Applications in Ion Intercalation Materials
Lithium ion batteries (LiBs) are a pivotal energy storage technology that are widely adopted for their high energy density and safety. From a macroscopic level, LiBs operate at a micrometer lengthscale, but consist of many active material nanoparticles which participate in reversible …
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Combining Computation and Experimentation for Accelerated Understanding of Electrode Microstructure in Redox Flow Batteries
Improving grid energy storage is crucial for integrating renewable energy options and reducing anthropogenic carbon emissions. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a promising long-duration energy storage technology, whose modular energy and power scaling complements diurnal, weather-dependent …
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The development of novel services for battery storage in domestic applications and communal mini-smart grids
Lithium-ion battery technology remains a key factor in energy storage technology due to its advantageous features which include high energy and power density, low self-discharge, and longer lifespan. However, the continuous cycling of the battery over its lifetime results in gradual internal …
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Material engineering for Li-ion capacitors and Li-ion batteries
Electrochemical energy storage devices are fundamental driving force behind personal and industrial electronics. Li-ion batteries became the most prevalent rechargeable energy storage technology in market because of a high energy density. However, a power density (especially charging) of Li-ion …
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Optimal Operation Planning of Compressed Air Energy Storage Plants in Competitive Electricity Markets
… focuses on the operation of a compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility in an electricity market. CAES, a bulk energy storage technology, can provide time shifting due to its capability of storing large amount of energy, as well as ancillary services including spinning and non-spinning …
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Compressed Air Energy Storage: Modelling & Applications for Sustainable Electric Power Systems
… climate change and depletion of non-renewable energy sources, there has been a growing emphasis on the deployment of renewable energy sources in electric power systems. However, due to inherent stochasticity of renewable energy sources, this transition toward sustainable electric power systems …
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A Study of Novel Nitrogen-Containing Quinoidal Electrolytes for Redox Flow Batteries
… power and capacity scaling are a promising energy storage technology. However, low energy density and high capital costs stymy such systems. For this reason, novel electrolytes are under active development. Previous electrolytes have involved a variety of metal-containing and organic …
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Design Challenges for Ultra-High-Temperature Energy Storage with Thermophotovoltaics
… of the most promising carbon-free and renewable energy resources, like wind and solar, have intermittent production that could be addressed, in part, with widespread deployment of electrical energy storage. There are few storage technologies, however, that are suited to this task, partially due …
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Multi-redox active polyanionic cathodes for alkali-ion batteries
… batteries to gain widespread adoption as the energy storage technology of choice for transportation and grid applications, their energy must be improved. One key step towards this necessary improvement is the development of new battery cathode materials. In this thesis, two classes of …
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Multi-scale electrochemical-thermal modelling of a sodium-ion battery cell using the SPMe with a lumped thermal model
The escalating global demand for energy has raised questions regarding the sustainability, availability, and viability of energy sources. Consequently, renewable energy resources have gained significant attention owing to their environmental safety and abundant availability. However, owing to …
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Dynamic modelling and simulation of the all-vanadium redox flow battery
With the increasing need for large energy storage in renewable energy applications, the all-vanadium redox flow battery has received the most attention to date as the energy storage technology most likely to meet the required energy efficiency, cycle life and cost structure. The widespread …
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First principles investigation and design of fluorophosphate sodium-ion battery cathodes
… are currently the most widely used consumer energy storage technology. Recently, lithium-ion batteries have been evaluated for use in mitigating the intermittent power supply of leading renewable energy technologies, thereby enabling their use on the electric grid. In order to facilitate the …
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Modeling and Analysis of a Lithium-ion Convection Battery
… significant in transportation and grid storage, represent the state-of-the-art in energy storage technology due to their high energy density, efficiency, and long cycle life. Despite declining costs and improving energy densities, driven by advancements in materials and manufacturing …
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