Vanadium redox flow batteries to reach greenhouse gas emissions targets in an off-grid configuration

Applied Energy

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 397-408

  Arbabzadeh, Maryam ^a   Johnson, Jeremiah X ^a   De Kleine, Robert ^a   Keoleian, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Greenhouse gas emissions targets; Life cycle assessment; Vanadium redox flow battery; Wind curtailment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY STORAGE; FLOW BATTERIES; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; VANADIUM; WIND TURBINES;

CARBON MITIGATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT MODEL; LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS; RECIPROCATING ENGINES; RESOURCE CONFIGURATIONS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; REDOX POTENTIAL; VANADIUM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84924705882     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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