Energy Storage Techniques for the Electrical Energy Transmission System
Credit: 1 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Jayachandra N. Sakamuri, Electrical Engineer
In Energy Storage Techniques for the Electrical Energy Transmission System, you'll learn ...
- Why energy storage techniques are needed
- The operating principle of various energy storage techniques
- The advantages/disadvantages of the various energy storage techniques
Overview
Energy storage has become very important as electrical energy generation is changing from traditional techniques to renewable techniques. One problem with many renewable energy techniques is that the source is not usually available 100% of the time—the sun doesn’t shine all day, the wind is not always blowing, and even hydro and hydrokinetic energy depends upon rainfall, which is not consistently available everywhere, even where rainfall is expected on a regular basis. Snowmelt is seasonably dependable but only lasts for a limited time.
The electrical grid must be able to supply electrical energy when and where it is needed. In this course, you’ll learn about many of the energy storage techniques that are used by the electrical energy transmission system. With new ideas of how to store energy being explored, this field is rapidly changing. However, the basic principles hold. There are electrical, chemical, thermodynamic, and mechanical ways to store energy. In this course, we’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of various energy storage devices.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Capacitors as energy storage devices
- Rechargeable batteries as energy storage devices
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Pumped water energy storage
- Flywheels as energy storage devices
- Electrolysis to store energy
- Liquid air to store energy
- Pumped thermal to store energy
- Superconducting inductors to store energy
- Advanced rail systems to store energy
- Compressed air to store energy
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 12 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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