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In summary, the energy storage types covered in this section are presented in Fig. 10. Note that other categorizations of energy storage types have also been used such as electrical energy storage vs thermal energy storage, and chemical vs mechanical energy storage types, including pumped hydro, flywheel and compressed air energy storage. Fig. 10.
Traditionally, heat storage has been in the form of sensible heat, raising the temperature of a medium. Examples of such energy storage include hot water storage (hydro-accumulation), underground thermal energy storage (aquifer, borehole, cavern, ducts in soil, pit) , and rock filled storage (rock, pebble, gravel).
It is important to compare the capacity, storage and discharge times, maximum number of cycles, energy density, and efficiency of each type of energy storage system while choosing for implementation of these technologies. SHS and LHS have the lowest energy storage capacities, while PHES has the largest.
But other sources such as solar and wind energy need to be harvested when available and stored until needed. Applying energy storage can provide several advantages for energy systems, such as permitting increased penetration of renewable energy and better economic performance.
Storage of heat is accomplished by sensible and to a lesser extent latent thermal energy storage in many applications, and less research is available on chemical and thermochemical heat storage. The key enabling technologies in most storage systems are in systems engineering and material science.
Hydropower, a mechanical energy storage method, is the most widely adopted mechanical energy storage, and has been in use for centuries. Large hydropower dams have been energy storage sites for more than one hundred years.
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