Course detail
Energy Storage Technologies
FEKT-MPA-UEOAcad. year: 2024/2025
Overview of energy storage, thermal and electrical storage. Storage of heat energy. Energy storage based on physical principles - flywheels, PVE, CAES, SMES. Electrochemical storage of energy, basic terms of electrochemistry and electrochemical sources. Lead accumulators, alkaline accumulators, lithium accumulators. Accumulators for special applications. Super capacitors. Fuel cells.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
up to 60 points from a written final exam
The final exam is focused on verification of knowledge and awareness in the field of electrical materials.
Aims
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
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Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introductory lecture
2. Storage of thermal energy I.
3. Storage of thermal energy II.
4. Overview of electric energystorage
5. Electric energy storage based onphysical principles – flywheels, PVE, CAES, SMES
6. Fundamentals of electrochemistryand electrochemical energy sources
7. Lead-acid batteries,fundamentals, design
8. Alkaline storage batteries,fundamentals, design
9. Lithium storage batteries,fundamentals
10. Lithium storage batteries -safety
11. Fuel cells - overview, design,properties
12. Flow-through redox batteries,storage batteries for special applications
13. Use of storage batteries inindependent sources of electric energy
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Measuring current-voltage response of an electrolyzer
2. Current-Voltage Characteristics of a Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell as a Function of Temperature
3. Study of the properties of a secondary electrochemical cell using EIS
4. Study of the discharge characteristics of a secondary electrochemical cell
5. Flow-through vanadium storage battery
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