Economic prospects for the application of new electric energy storage devices

✍ Scribed by W. Fischer; H.B. Gels; F. Gross; K. Liemert; F.J. Rohr

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 857 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7753
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7753(78)80022-6

✦ Synopsis

The technical and economic properties of new storage devices for electric energy such as batteries, hydrogen storage systems, flywheels, steam storage plants and compressed air storage facilities are compared with conventional peak power plants such as gas turbines and hydroelectric storage systems. The analysis shows that batteries, steam storage plants and compressed air storage facilities may be economically competitive with conventional peak power devices. Batteries are especially appropriate for dispersed energy storage systems.

Utilization of storage devices instead of gas turbines results in substitution of oil or natural gas by coal or nuclear fuel.