(Electrical Engineering) 1st Edition
by Marie-Cécile Pera (Editor), Daniel Hissel (Editor), Hamid Gualous (Editor), Christophe Turpin (Editor)
This book focuses on the methods of storage commonly used in hybrid systems.
After an introductory chapter reviewing the basics of electrochemistry,
Chapter 2 is given over to the storage of electricity in the form of
hydrogen. Once hydrogen has been made, we have to be able to convert it
back into electricity on demand. This can be done with another energy
converter: a fuel cell, the subject of Chapter 3. Such a system is
unable to deliver significant dynamics in terms of storage and release
of electricity and needs to be supplemented with another solution: a
detailed study of supercapacitors is provided in Chapter 4.While the
storage systems touched upon in the previous three chapters (hydrogen
batteries and supercapacitors) both exhibit advantageous
characteristics, at present they are still relatively costly. Thus, the
days of the electrochemical accumulator by no means appear to be
numbered just yet. This will therefore be the topic of Chapter 5.
Finally, on the basis of the elements laid down in the previous
chapters, Chapter 6 will focus on electrical hybridization of these
storage systems, with a view to enhancing the performance (in terms of
energy, lifetime, cost, etc.) of the newly formed system.
Aimed at
an audience of researchers, industrialists, academics, teachers and
students, many exercises, along with corrected solutions, are provided
throughout the book.
Contents
1. Basic Concepts of Electrochemistry used in Electrical Engineering.
2. Water Electrolyzers.
3. Fuel Cells.
4. Electrical Energy Storage by Supercapacitors.
5. Electrochemical Accumulators.
6. Hybrid Electrical System.
