Learn to understand energy storage
- Make better choices about how to manage the storage of energy
- Understand battery technology
COURSE CONTENT
Ten Lessons as follows:
1. Energy Storage
- What is Energy Storage
- Types of Energy Storage
- Mechanical Storage - Pumped hydro, Compressed air, Isothermal compressed air, Flywheel, Pumped heat
- Electrical Storage - Supercapacitor, Superconducting Magnetic
- Electrochemical Storage - Lead acid battery, Lithium ion battery, Flow battery
- Chemical Storage - Hydrogen, Synthetic natural gas
- Thermal Storage - sensible heat, Hot water, Molten salt, Latent heat, Phase change
- Advantages of Energy Storage
2. Battery Science
- History - wet cell, dry cell
- Electricity - Current, Voltage, Resistance, Power, Ohm's Law, Power Dissipation
- Circuits - Parallel
- Electrochemical Battery - Fundamental components
- Terminology
3. Types of Batteries
- Primary Cell Batteries
- Dry Cell
- Alkaline Battery
- Silver Oxide Battery
- Zinc Air Battery
- Carbon Zinc Battery
- Secondary Cells
- Nickel Cadmium Battery
- Lithium Ion Battery
- Nickel Cobalt Battery
- Nickel Metal Halide Battery
- Sodium Ion Battery
- Lead Acid Battery
- Zinc Bromide Gel Battery
4. Chemistry of Batteries
- Introduction
- Electrochemistry - Conduction, Metallic and electrochemical conduction, Electrolysis, Electrodes, Electrolytes
- The Simple Cell
- Electrochemical Cell
- Redox Reaction
- Oxidation and Reduction Reaction
- Applications of Redox Reaction in Electrochemistry
- Reactions in Different Cell Types
5. Applications
- Introduction
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Domestic Batteries
- Health Instruments
- Artificial Heart
- Implants for Drug Delivery
- Implantable Hearing Devices
- Medical Applications - wheelchairs, neurostimulators, Sensors and monitors
- Vehicles
- Marine Batteries
6. Industrial Applications
- Introduction
- Communication Systems
- Firefighting and Emergency
- Logistics
- Military
- Space Technology
- UPS
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Other Applications
7. Off Grid/On Grid Applications
- On Grid System - Air Energy Storage, Batteries, Hydro, Thermal
- Off Grid Systems -Batteries
- Lead Acid Batteries
- Lithium Ion
- Flow Batteries
- Choosing the Right System Components
- How to Upgrade a System
- Estimating Your Energy Needs
- Do It Yourself
8. Setting up an Off Grid System
- Calculate Power Requirements
- Calculate Battery REquirements
- Type of Battery
- Capacity
- Number Needed
- How it will be Saves
- Deciding on Energy Generation Technology - Solar, Wind, Hydro
- Select Location - Solar, Wind, Hydro
- Select Charge Controllers
- Select Inverter
- Connecting to Property
9. Safety and Disposal
- Introduction
- Safety
- Disposal
- Recycling
10. Managing the Future
- Introduction - Nanoscale, Chemical Transformation,
- Supercapacitors
- Nano-wire Batteries
- Chemical Energy
- Thermal Energy
- Nano Scale Hydrogen Batteries
- Future Developments
- Benefits
- Capacities
- Consumers - Solid State, Gold Nanowire, Organosilicon
- Graphene Aluminium Ion
- Graphene Polymer
- Graphene Lithium Sulphur
- Nanobolt Lithium Tungsten
- Industrial Batteries - Zinc Manganese Oxide, Sodium, Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
