Energy Storage

Auteur

Efstathios E. (Stathis) Michaelides, PhD, is currently the Tex Moncrief Chair of Engineering at Texas Christian University (TCU). He is recognized as a leading scholar in the areas of Multiphase Flows, Energy Conversion, and Thermodynamics. He has authored eight books; has published more than 180 journal papers; and contributed more than 250 scientific papers in national and international conferences. He is the editor of the Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and in 2024 was awarded the ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal in recognition of eminent achievement in the science of thermodynamics. He was also awarded an honorary M.A. degree from Oxford University (1983); the ASEE Centennial Award for Exceptional Contributions to the Profession of Engineering (1993); The Lee H. Johnson award for Teaching Excellence (1995); the Senior Fulbright Fellowship (1997); the ASME Freeman Scholar award (2002); the Outstanding Researcher award at Tulane University (2003); the ASME Outstanding Service award (2007); the ASME Fluids Engineering award (2014); the ASME-FED 90th Anniversary Medal; and the ASME Edwin F. Church Medal for the development of several noteworthy mechanical engineering programs (2021).

Texte du rabat

Energy Storage provides a thorough and holistic understanding of the operation and state of technology of all the energy storage options. It encompasses all the methods for energy storage, the engineering systems utilized, and the relevant applications from the small device level to the electricity grid level.

Contenu

1. Introduction. 2. Applications, Characteristics, and Figures of Merit. 3. Mechanical Energy Storage. 4. Electrical and Magnetic Storage. 5. Electrochemical Storage Batteries. 6. Hydrogen and Other Fuels. 7. Thermal Storage. 8. Hybrid Energy Storage. 9. Economics and the Cost of Energy Storage.