Renewable Energy Storage Technology

Part of the advanced range, the Renewable energy storage technology teaching solution offers students a modular, self-contained platform to study the fundamental principles of storage technology essential for sustainable energy transition.

This system allows students to analyse the characteristics of various battery types and assess their optimal applications. It includes a range of battery technologies, such as lead, NiMH, and Lithium-Polymer (LiPo), along with a PEM Fuel Cell Charger Module.

Learning Objectives:

• Ohm`s law
• Series connection of ohmic resistances
• Parallel connection of ohmic resistances
• Start-up and idling behaviour of a motor
• Nominal voltage and capacity of voltage sources
• Four-terminal sensing
• Internal resistance of voltage sources
• Series connection of voltage sources
• The capacitance of a battery module
• The energy density of battery modules
• The Ri efficiency of a battery module
• The total efficiency of a battery module
• Temperature-dependent behaviour of the lithium-polymer cell
• The charging process of a capacitor
• The discharge process of a capacitor
• I-V characteristics of the single NiMH battery module
• I-V characteristics of the NiZn battery module
• I-V characteristics of the LiFePo battery module
• I-V characteristics of the lead battery module
• I-V characteristics of the lithium-polymer battery module
• I-V characteristics of the triple NiMH battery module
• The charging process of the NiMH battery
• The charging process of the NiZn battery
• The charging process of the LiFePo battery
• The charging process of the lead battery
• The charging process of the lithium-polymer battery
• The discharging process of a battery module
• Hydrogen production in the reversible hydrogen fuel cell
• Characteristic curve of the electrolyzer
• Hydrogen consumption of a fuel cell
• Characteristic curve of the fuel cell
• The efficiency of the hydrogen fuel cell
• Operation of the electric car with several battery modules
• Operation of the electric car with the reversible fuel cell

(Curriculum available online with the renewables range is a sample. Full contents on the workbook will be supplied upon purchase)