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Southern Research Energy Storage Research Center

Taube B., Ringler E., Hansen T., Southern Research, US

Southern Research, with support from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the US Department of Energy (DoE), the State of Alabama and SE regional electric utilities, is developing a new Energy Storage Research Center (ESRC) [...]

MaimAir: A Flexible and Modular Energy Storage System for Tomorrow Energy Banks

Fargion D., Habib E., Rome University 1, Sapienza, IT

We considered a novel energy storage system based on the compression of air through pumped water. Differently from CAES on trial, the proposed indirect compression leaves the opportunity to choose the kind of compression from [...]

Energy and Nanomaterials: Interfacial Synergy

Vander Wal R.L., Penn State University, US

With energy at the forefront of the national economy and security energy-directed applications are of particular interest. Not surprisingly, energy and materials are intimately related. Many forms of energy utilization, conversion and storage and generation [...]

Sodium-Ion Batteries: “Beyond Lithium-Ion”

Shirpour M., Doeff M., University of Kentucky, US

The drastic increase in demand for lithium-ion batteries in the electronics and automotive industries is currently putting enormous pressure on lithium supplies, and has resulted in a steep price rise of the lithium precursors used [...]

Redox Flow Batteries for Grid and Microgrid Applications

Berland B., Colclasure A., Eldridge D., ITN Energy Systems Inc., US

ITN’s innovative Redox Flow Battery (RFB) combines advanced materials engineering with stack design breakthroughs to provide the high-power, low-cost energy storage solution that grid-based and off-grid power suppliers have been looking for. ITN’s RFB provides [...]

High energy density and high temperature multilayered polymer film capacitors

Langhe D., Ponting M., PolymerPlus LLC, US

Current state-of-the-art polymer film capacitors have a limited energy density of 2.4 J/cc for pulsed power and energy storage applications, and are based on twenty year old technology and materials. Improving the energy density limit [...]

A Study on the System Configuration for the Flywheel Energy Storage Device to be Applied to the Railway System

Lee J-H., Korea Railroad Research Institute, KR

A system configuration to be applied to the railway system using flywheel energy storage system to store regenerative energy which is produced during the braking period of the train is presented. The proposed FESS (Flywheel [...]

Assessing damage to graphite electrodes in bromine redox flow battery systems

Bistrikaa A.A., Brekkenb T.K.A., von Jouanneb A., Lernerc M.M., Yokochia A.F.T., NRGindependence, Oregon State University, US

A crucial metric in harvesting renewable and intermittent power resources is widely understood to be the ability to, and cost effectiveness of, storing energy. Large chemical systems, such as Redox Flow Batteries (RFBs), are a [...]

Integration of Flow Batteries into Electric Vehicles: Feasibility and the Future

Katsoudas J.P., Timofeeva E.V., Segre C.U., Singh D., Illinois Institute of Technology, US

Driving range, safety and cost remain the biggest hurdles in the way of mass electric vehicle adoption. To compete with established combustion-engine vehicles, EVs need to have a highly flexible operating capability with minimum downtime. [...]

Market Evaluation for Energy Storage in the United States

Strong Z., Copper Development Association, US

A first-of-its-kind study commissioned by the Copper Development Association Inc. (CDA) evaluate the current and future market for grid energy storage in the U.S. and the associated copper demand in storage applications over the next [...]