Vanadium-Hydrogen flow battery for energy storage applications - a feasibility study
Reference Number
EP/N508585/1
Title
Vanadium-Hydrogen flow battery for energy storage applications - a feasibility study
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Professor NP Brandon
Earth Science and Engineering
Imperial College London
Earth Science and Engineering
Imperial College London
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 May 2015
End Date
31 July 2016
Duration
15 months
Total Grant Value
£148,011
Industrial Sectors
Energy
Region
London
Programme
Energy : Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Professor NP Brandon, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
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Abstract
In order to achieve the goals set up by DECC to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 it is imperative to generate a large amount of electricity via renewable sources. Being of an intermittent nature, the renewable sources for electricity generation require installation of energy storage devices. Redox flow cells are considered to be a strong candidate to store energy in the range of few kW/kWh up to tens of MW/MWh. An innovative technology, patented and developed by Imperial College London, has demonstrated excellent performance using a redox flow battery based on the reaction of hydrogen (gas) and vanadium (liquid), and the feasibility of combining this innovative chemistry into cells and stacks developed by Arcola Energy will be explored in this project, along with the potential value of the technology for grid scale storage application (by Alstom UK)
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