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Storing Energy: with Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources by Trevor Letcher (Emeritus Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

Energy Storage discusses the needs of the worlds future energy and climate change policies, covering the various types of renewable energy storage in one comprehensive volume that allows readers to conveniently compare the different technologies and find the best process that suits their particularly needs. Each chapter is written by an expert working in the field and includes copious references for those wishing to study the subject further. Various systems are discussed, including mechanical/kinetic, thermal, electrochemical and other chemical, as well as other emerging technologies. Incorporating the advancements in storing energy as described in this book will help the people of the world further overcome the problems related to future energy and climate change.

About Trevor Letcher (Emeritus Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

Professor Trevor Letcher is an Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and living in the United Kingdom. He was previously Professor of Chemistry, and Head of Department, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Rhodes University, and Natal, in South Africa (1969-2004). He has published over 300 papers on areas such as chemical thermodynamic and waste from landfill in peer reviewed journals, and 100 papers in popular science and education journals. Prof. Letcher has edited and/or written 32 major books, of which 22 were published by Elsevier, on topics ranging from future energy, climate change, storing energy, waste, tyre waste and recycling, wind energy, solar energy, managing global warming, plastic waste, renewable energy, and environmental disasters. He has been awarded gold medals by the South African Institute of Chemistry and the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics honoured him with a Festschrift in 2018. He is a life member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) and the South African Institute of Chemistry. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, and is a Director of the Board of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics since 2002.

Table of Contents

Part A: Introduction Chapter 1: The Role of Energy Storage in Low-Carbon Energy Systems Part B: Electrical Energy Storage Techniques Gravitational/Mechanical/Thermomechanical Chapter 2: Pumped Hydroelectric Storage Chapter 3: Novel Hydroelectric StorageConcepts Chapter 4: Advanced Rail Energy Storage: Green Energy Storage forGreenEnergy Chapter 5: Compressed Air Energy Storage Chapter 6: Compressed Air Energy Storage in Underground Formations Chapter 7: Underwater Compressed Air Energy Storage Chapter 8: A Novel Pumped Hydro Combined with Compressed Air Energy Chapter 9: Liquid Air Energy Storage Chapter 10: Flywheels Part C: Electrochemical Chapter 11: Rechargeable Batteries with Special Reference to Lithium-Ion Batteries Chapter 12: Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries Part D: Thermal Chapter 13: Phase Change Materials Chapter 14: Solar Ponds Chapter 15: Sensible Thermal Energy Storage: Diurnal and Seasonal Part E: Chemical Chapter 16: Hydrogen From Water Electrolysis Chapter 17: Thermochemical Energy Storage Chapter 18: Power-to-Gas Chapter 19: Traditional Bulk Energy StorageCoal and Underground Natural Gas and Oil Storage Chapter 20: Larger Scale Hydrogen Storage Part F: Integration Chapter 21: Energy Storage Integration Chapter 22: Off-Grid Energy Storage Part G: International Issues and the Politics of Introducing Renewable Energy Schemes Chapter 23: Energy Storage Worldwide Chapter 24: Storing Energy in ChinaAn Overview Chapter 25: The Politics of Investing in Sustainable Energy Systems

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NPB9780128034408
9780128034408
0128034408
Storing Energy: with Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources by Trevor Letcher (Emeritus Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
New
Hardback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2016-04-28
590
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