"Energy Storage: A New Approach" by Ralph Zito (Repost)

This book presents practical solutions to the problem of energy storage on a massive scale. This problem is especially difficult for renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, that, currently, can only be utilized while the wind is blowing or while the sun is shining.

If energy storage on a large scale were possible, this would solve many of our society’s problems. For example, power grids would not go down during peak usage. Power plants that run on natural gas, for example, would no longer burn natural gas during the off-hours, as what happens now. These are just two of society’s huge problems that could be solved with this new technology.

This is a potentially revolutionary book, insofar as technical books can be “revolutionary.” The technologies that are described have their roots in basic chemistry that engineers have been practicing for years, but this is all new material that could revolutionize the energy industry. Whether the power is generated from oil, natural gas, coal, solar, wind, or any of the other emerging sources, energy storage is something that the industry MUST learn and practice. With the world energy demand increasing, mostly due to the industrial growth in China and India, and with the West becoming increasingly more interested in fuel efficiency and “green” endeavors, energy storage is potentially a key technology in our energy future.

Contents
Preface
Dedications and Acknowledgements
1.Introduction
2.Comments on Classical Mechanics
3.Conversion and Storage
4.Practical Purposes of Energy Storage
5.Competing Storage Methods
6.The Concentration Cell
7.Thermodynamics of Concentration Cells
8.Polysulfide - Diffusion Analysis
9.Design Considerations
10.Calculated Cell Performance Data
11.Single Cell Empirical Data
12.Conclusion: Problems and Solutions
Appendix 1: A History of Batteries
Al.1 A History of the Battery
A1.2 The Electric Car and the Power Source Search
A1.3 The Initial Survey
A1.4 Review of a Research Path for a Long-life, High ED Battery
Appendix 2: Aids and Supplemental Material
A2.1 Properties of Homogeneous Membranes
A2.1.1 Diffusion Tests
A2.2 The van der Waals Equation and its Relevance to Concentration Cells
A2.3 Derivation of Electrolyte Interconnectivity Losses
A2.4 Efficiency Calculations
A2.5 Specific Resistivity and Specific Gravity of Some Reagents
Bibliography
Index

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