Energy Storage Devices for Renewable Energy-Based Systems
Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors
- 2nd Edition - May 13, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Nihal Kularatna, Kosala Gunawardane
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 7 7 8 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 8 5 - 2
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Request a sales quoteEnergy Storage Devices for Renewable Energy-Based Systems: Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors, Second Edition is a fully revised edition of this comprehensive overview of the concepts, principles and practical knowledge on energy storage devices. The book gives readers the opportunity to expand their knowledge of innovative supercapacitor applications, comparing them to other commonly used energy storage devices. With new application case studies and definitions, this resource will strengthen your understanding of energy storage from a practical, applications-based point-of-view without requiring detailed examination of underlying electrochemical equations. Users will learn about various design approaches and real-time applications of ESDs.
Electronic engineering experts and system designers will find this book useful to deepen their understanding on the application of electronic storage devices, circuit topologies, and industrial device data sheets to develop new applications. The book is also intended to be used as a textbook for masters and doctoral students who want to enhance their knowledge and understanding the concepts of renewable energy sources and state-of-the-art ESDs.
- Provides explanations of the latest energy storage devices in a practical applications-based context
- Includes examples of circuit designs that optimize the use of supercapacitors
- Highlights the unique benefits of these devices
Energy, electrical and power engineers
Electronics product designers; graduate students; research engineers and professionals in energy, electronics and automotive industries
Electronics product designers; graduate students; research engineers and professionals in energy, electronics and automotive industries
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Modern electrical power system and the role of distributed generation
- Abstract
- 1.1: Evolution of electricity systems
- 1.2: Status of current power systems
- 1.3: Distributed generation
- 1.4: Renewable DG technologies
- 1.5: Energy storages technologies for distributed generation
- 1.6: Impact of distributed generation
- 1.7: Smart grid
- 1.8: DG penetration and evolving DC microgrids
- 2: Fundamentals of energy storage devices
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Simple fundamentals
- 2.3: Energy storage in electrical systems
- 2.4: Compressed air energy storage
- 2.5: Superconductive magnetic energy storage
- 2.6: Rapid energy transfer requirements and fundamental circuit issues
- 2.7: Technical specifications of ESDs
- 2.8: Ragone plot
- 3: Rechargeable battery technologies: An electronic circuit designer’s viewpoint
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Battery terminology and fundamentals
- 3.3: Battery technologies: An overview
- 3.4: Lead-acid batteries
- 3.5: Nickel-cadmium batteries
- 3.6: Nickel metal hydride batteries
- 3.7: Lithium-based rechargeable batteries
- 3.8: Reusable alkaline batteries
- 3.9: Zn-air batteries
- 3.10: Rechargeable batteries versus supercapacitors
- 4: Dynamics, models, and management of rechargeable batteries
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Simplest concept of a battery
- 4.3: Battery dynamics
- 4.4: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for batteries
- 4.5: Battery equivalent circuit models and modeling techniques
- 4.6: Battery management in practical applications
- 4.7: Prognostics in battery health management
- 4.8: Fast charging of batteries
- 4.9: Battery communication and related standards
- 4.10: Battery safety
- 4.11: Future
- 5: Recent developments of high-performance battery systems
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Flow batteries for renewable energy systems
- 5.3: Solid-state batteries
- 5.4: More recent advances of traditional rechargeable batteries
- 6: Capacitors as energy storage devices: Simple basics to current commercial families
- Abstract
- 6.1: Capacitor fundamentals
- 6.2: Capacitor characteristics
- 6.3: Capacitor application scope
- 6.4: Capacitor types
- 6.5: Capacitor aging, lifetime, and reliability
- 7: Electrical double-layer capacitors
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Historical background
- 7.3: Electrical double-layer effect and device construction
- 7.4: Pseudocapacitance and pseudocapacitors
- 7.5: Hybridization of electrochemical capacitors and rechargeable batteries
- 7.6: Modeling and equivalent circuits
- 7.7: Testing of devices and characterization
- 7.8: Modules and voltage balancing
- 8: New developments of larger supercapacitors: Symmetrical devices, hybrid types, and battery-capacitors
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Supercapacitor modules
- 8.3: Recent advances in supercapacitor technologies and commercial devices
- 8.4: Comparison of discharge curves of different supercapacitor families
- 8.5: Future developments of larger supercapacitors
- 9: Supercapacitor assisted (SCA) techniques and the supercapacitor-assisted loss management (SCALoM) concept
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Typical capacitor charging and discharging process
- 9.3: Generalized case of the RC circuit; with precharged capacitor connected to a DC source, which is higher than the rated DC voltage of the capacitor
- 9.4: Analysis of discharging efficiency
- 9.5: Supercapacitor as a lossless dropper
- 9.6: The first useful application: SC as a lossless dropper in SCALDO
- 9.7: Resistor-loss and capacitor energy capability in SCASA technique and issues of direct implementation
- 9.8: Basis of SCATMA technique
- 9.9: Renewable energy areas and SCALED basics
- 9.10: Potential future applications
- 9.11: Conclusion
- 10: Supercapacitor as a lossless dropper in DC-DC converters—SCALDO technique
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: DC-DC converters and DC power management
- 10.3: Supercapacitor-assisted low-dropout regulator (SCALDO) technique
- 10.4: Generalized SCALDO concept
- 10.5: Practical examples
- 10.6: SCALDO implementation examples
- 10.7: Wider applications of SCALDO technique
- 10.8: Comparison between SCALDO regulators and charge pumps
- 11: Extended applications of SCALDO technique
- Abstract
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: RS-SCALDO technique
- 11.3: DC-UPS SCALDO regulators
- 11.4: Dual-polarity (DO-SCALDO) concept
- 12: Supercapacitor-assisted LED lighting technique and its applications in DC microgrids
- Abstract
- 12.1: Introduction to different lighting systems
- 12.2: DC operation of LED units: 12 V and higher voltage DC operable flood lighting units
- 12.3: Supercapacitors (SCs) for short-term DC-UPS capability to overcome solar energy fluctuations
- 12.4: Replacing battery banks with supercapacitors: Issue of MPPT implementation
- 12.5: SCALED topology and its theory related to higher-efficiency LED lighting
- 12.6: An overview of pilot project
- 13: Supercapacitors for surge absorption: Supercapacitor assisted surge absorber (SCASA) technique
- Abstract
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Lightning and inductive energy dumps in electric circuits and typical surge absorber techniques
- 13.3: Supercapacitor as a surge absorption device: Summarized results of a preliminary investigation
- 13.4: Design approaches to a supercapacitor-based surge protector
- 13.5: Conclusion
- 14: Supercapacitors in a rapid heat transfer application
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction
- 14.2: Problem of wasted water in day-to-day situations at home
- 14.3: Problem of traditional heating from direct AC mains supply and heating system specifications
- 14.4: Commercial solutions for eliminating water wastage due to storage in buried plumbing
- 14.5: Practical requirements for a localized solution
- 14.6: SC-based solution with prestored energy
- 14.7: Results from an ongoing prototype development exercise
- 14.8: Specific advantages of SC energy storage
- 14.9: Implementation challenges
- 14.10: Recent developments of commercial supercapacitor families and their impact on this technique
- Appendix: Capacitors and AC line filtering
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 13, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 438
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128207789
- eBook ISBN: 9780128231852
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Nihal Kularatna
Nihal Kularatna is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He won the New Zealand Innovator of the Year Award (2013). His electronic engineering career spans 45 years and he is currently active in research in supercapacitor applications, power converter topologies, and power conditioning. He has contributed to over 160 papers and authored nine books. Multiple patents were granted for his supercapacitor assisted (SCA) circuit topologies. Before migrating to New Zealand in 2002, he was the CEO of the Arthur C Clarke Institute in Sri Lanka.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor in Electronic Engineering, The University of Waikato, New ZealandKG
Kosala Gunawardane
Kosala Gunawardane is currently a senior lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Her research interests are analog circuit design, power electronic converters, supercapacitor-based, non-traditional applications and renewable energy and DC-microgrids. Gunawardane received the B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 2005. She completed her PhD degree at the University of Waikato, New Zealand in 2014 in Electronics Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Dr. Kosala Gunawardane is a Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandRead Energy Storage Devices for Renewable Energy-Based Systems on ScienceDirect