Redox flow batteries for medium-to large-scale energy storage

Electricity Transmission, Distribution and Storage Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 398-441

  Skyllas Kazacos, M ^a   Menictas, C ^a   Lim, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Polysulphide bromine battery; Redox flow batteries; Vanadium redox flow battery; Zinc bromine battery

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; VANADIUM;

BATTERY TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES; POLYSULPHIDES; UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; ZINC-BROMINE BATTERIES;

FLOW BATTERIES;

EID: 84904086718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857097378.3.398     Document Type: Chapter

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