Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
Ahmed Sodiq, Belabbes Merzougui, Rachid Zaffou, Hicham Hamoudi and One-Sun Lee
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy App
With the growing efforts to integrate electricity generated from renewable energy options to power grid, energy storage is envisioned to play an important role in enhancing grid utilization, reliability and robustness. Energy storage, especially for renewable energy has been a challenging task due to its high costs and large footprint. Redox flow battery (RFB) offers a robust opportunity for grid and off-grid application due to flexibility in scalable energy capacity, safety, non-region specific and long life cycle. In order to attain the enduring cost requirements and performance for grid energy storage, a system-level cost of about $150 per kWh is required. The relatively low energy density of the reactant fluids in the conventional RFB contributes to high system cost, which is presently in the range of $400 per kWh. To tackle this issue, an alternative approach based on flowable electrode (slurry electrode) is sought to increase the energy density and thus to reduce the system cost. Slurry electrode for electrochemical flow cells has attracted much attention as a potential technology that can improve the energy density and bring the system costs down. In this presentation, a study of flowable electrode based on carbon and redox systems (e.g., V/Carbon, Zn/C), focusing in particular on physical properties, such as conductivity, viscosity, electrode performance and cell performance will be presented and discussed.
Email: AhmSodiq@hbku.edu.qa