Course detail

Energy Storage Technologies

FEKT-MPA-UEOAcad. year: 2022/2023

Overview of energy storage, thermal and electrical storage. Storage of heat energy. Energy storage based on physical principles - flywheels, PVE, CAES, SMES. Electrochemical storage of energy, basic terms of electrochemistry and electrochemical sources. Lead accumulators, alkaline accumulators, lithium accumulators. Accumulators for special applications. Super capacitors. Fuel cells.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Petr Vanýsek, CSc.

Department

Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology (UETE)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor's degrree level isrequested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

up to 40 points during the semester (15 points from laboratory reports and 25 points from a written test)
up to 60 points from a written final exam
The final exam is focused on verification of knowledge and awareness in the field of electrical materials.

Course curriculum

1. Overview of energy storage, thermal and electrical storage
2. Thermal energy storage
3. Power storage based on physical principles - flywheels, PVE, CAES, SMES
4. Basic terms of electrochemistry and electrochemical energy sources
5. Accumulators - overview. Lead accumulators, basic principles, division of structures
6. Lead accumulators
7. Alkaline batteries
8. Lithium accumulators, basic principles
9. Lithium batteries - safety
10. Accumulators for special applications, superconductors
11. redox flow batteries
12. Fuel Cells - Overview, Design, Characteristics.
13. Application of accumulators in independent power sources

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide basic information on various types of electrical and thermal energy storage and the possibilities of their deployment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Huggins, R. A. Energy Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applicactions, Springer 2010, 2016. (EN)

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPA-EEN Master's, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EVM Master's, 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme MPA-EEN Master's, 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Čech, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Vítězslav Novák, Ph.D.
prof. RNDr. Petr Vanýsek, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introductory lecture
2. Storage of thermal energy
3. Storage of thermal energy
4. Overview of electric energystorage
5. Electric energy storage based onphysical principles – flywheels, PVE, CAES, SMES
6. Fundamentals of electrochemistryand electrochemical energy sources
7. Lead-acid batteries,fundamentals, design
8. Alkaline storage batteries,fundamentals, design
9. Lithium storage batteries,fundamentals
10. Lithium storage batteries -safety
11. Fuel cells - overview, design,properties
12. Flow-through redox batteries,storage batteries for special applications
13. Use of storage batteries inindependent sources of electric energy  

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Čech, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Vítězslav Novák, Ph.D.
prof. RNDr. Petr Vanýsek, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Measuring current-voltage response of an electrolyzer
2. Current-Voltage Characteristics of a Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell as a Function of Temperature
3. Study of the properties of a secondary electrochemical cell using EIS
4. Study of the discharge characteristics of a secondary electrochemical cell
5. Flow-through vanadium storage battery 

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course