Energy Storage

• Main Author: Huggins, Robert A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemistry.; Electric engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Energy Technology.; Electrochemistry.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Renewable and Green Energy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1024-0

Energy Storage discusses the underlying fundamentals of all the major energy storage methods. These include the storage of energy as heat, in phase transitions and reversible chemical reactions, and in organic fuels and hydrogen, an important energy carrier. The principles involved in the storage of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• General Concepts
• Thermal Energy Storage
• Reversible Chemical Reactions
• Energy Storage in Organic Fuels
• Mechanical Energy Storage
• Reversible Chemical Reactions
• Energy Storage in Organic Fuels
• Mechanical Energy Storage
• Electromagnetic Energy Storage
• Hydrogen Storage
• Introduction to Electrochemical Energy Storage
• Principles Determining the Voltages and Capacities of Electrochemical Cells
• Binary Electrodes Under Equilibrium and Near-Equilibrium Conditions
• Ternary Electrodes Under Equilibrium and Near-Equilibrium Conditions
• Insertion Reaction Electrodes
• Electrode Reactions That Deviate From Complete Equilibrium
• Introduction to Specific Electrochemical Systems and Components
• Lead-Acid Batteries
• Negative Electrodes in Other Aqueous Systems
• Positive Electrodes in Other Aqueous Systems
• Negative Electrodes in Lithium Systems
• Positive Electrodes in Lithium Systems
• Primary Batteries
• Mediumto-Large Scale Applications
• Smaller Scale Applications
• A Look to the Future.