Charge-discharge performance of a novel undivided redox flow battery for renewable energy storage

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-460

  Chakrabarti, Mohammed Harun ^a   Roberts, Edward Pelham Lindfield ^a   Saleem, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KNPC   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Charge discharge; Redox flow battery; Renewable energy; Undivided; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SULPHURIC ACID; CHARGE DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE; CHARGE-DISCHARGE; ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS; LOW CURRENT DENSITY; POROUS FLOW; REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RU(ACAC); SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; VANADIUM SYSTEMS;

ACETONITRILE; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFURIC ACID; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTROLYTE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SULFURIC ACID; VANADIUM;

EID: 77954917953     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2010.493826     Document Type: Article

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