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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Baxter |
| ISBN: | 159370027X 9781593700270 |
| OCLC Number: | 62322260 |
| Description: | xiv, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Storage and the electric power industry -- Misperceptions and realities -- Wholesale power -- Transmission and distribution -- Retail -- 2. Storage in other energy markets -- Petroleum market -- Coal market -- Natural gas market -- Lessons learned -- 3. Electricity storage technologies -- System components -- Pumped-hydroelectric storage (PHS) -- Compressed air energy storage (CAES) -- Flow batteries -- Sodium sulfur battery -- Lead-acid battery -- Nickel cadmium battery -- Flywheels -- Electrochemical capacitors -- Superconducting magnetic energy storage -- Thermal energy storage -- 4. Applications -- Key design issues -- Wholesale power -- Transmission and distribution -- Retail market -- 5. Renewable energy and storage -- Resource utilization challenges -- Remote power -- Island grid -- Grid connected -- 6. Our new energy future -- The road to here -- User's goals for storage technologies -- A road map for the future. |
| Series Title: | PennWell nontechnical series |
| Responsibility: | by Richard Baxter. |
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