Large energy storage systems handbook /

In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy, many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today. When large amounts of wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources are added to existing electrical grids,...

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Other Authors: Barnes, Frank S., 1932-, Levine, Jonah G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. CRC Press c2011.
Series:Mechanical engineering series (Boca Raton, Fla.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Applications of energy storage to generation and absorption of electrical power / Jonah G. Levine and Frank S. Barnes
  • Impacts of intermittent generation / Porter Bennett, Jozef Lieskovsky, and Brannin McBee
  • Pumped hydroelectric energy storage / Jonah G. Levine
  • Underground pumped hydroelectric energy storage / Gregory G. Martin
  • Compressed air energy storage / Samir Succar
  • Battery energy storage / Isaac Scott and Se-Hee Lee
  • Solar thermal energy storage / Carl Begeal and Terese Decker
  • Natural gas storage / Kent F. Perry.