Thermal, Mechanical, and Hybrid Chemical Energy Storage Systems - 9780128198926

Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Thermal, Mechanical, and Hybrid Chemical Energy Storage SystemsAuthor(s): Klaus Brun, Timothy C. Allison, Richard Dennis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128198926, 978-0128198926\nSynopsis\nThermal, Mechanical, and Hybrid Chemical Energy Storage Systems provides unique and comprehensive guidelines on all non-battery energy storage technologies, including their technical and design details, applications, and how to make decisions and purchase them for commercial use. The book covers all short and long-term electric grid storage technologies that utilize heat or mechanical potential energy to store electricity, including their cycles, application, advantages and disadvantages, such as round-trip-efficiency, duration, cost and siting. Also discussed are hybrid technologies that utilize hydrogen as a storage medium aside from battery technology. Readers will gain substantial knowledge on all majo.