Energy Storage

Learn to manage energy

• Collect and store it
• Understand the options
• Make better decisions and improve how you manage your energy resources.

Lesson Structure

There are 10 lessons in this course:

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