Comparative life cycle assessment of battery storage systems for stationary applications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4825-4833

  Hiremath, Mitavachan ^a,b   Derendorf, Karen ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b FluxGen Engineering Technology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW BATTERIES; GLOBAL WARMING; IONS; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATIONARY APPLICATIONS; STATIONARY BATTERIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

LEAD; LEAD ACID; LITHIUM ION; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM; ALKALI METAL; HEAVY METAL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; PARAMETERIZATION; REDOX POTENTIAL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMAND; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; METALS, ALKALI; METALS, HEAVY; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84928400942     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504572q     Document Type: Article

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