
Energy Storage Devices for Electronic Systems
Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors
Description
Key Features
- Provides explanations of the latest energy storage devices in a practical applications-based context
- Includes examples of circuit designs that optimize the use of supercapacitors, and pathways to improve existing designs by effectively managing energy storage devices crucial to both low and high power applications.
- Covers batteries, BMS (battery management systems) and cutting-edge advances in supercapacitors, providing a unique compare and contrast examination demonstrating applications where each technology can offer unique benefits
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Energy storage devices: A general overview
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Simple fundamentals
- 1.3 Energy storage in electrical systems
- 1.4 Compressed air energy storage
- 1.5 Superconductive magnetic energy storage
- 1.6 Rapid energy transfer requirements and fundamental circuit issues
- 1.7 Technical specifications of ESDs
- 1.8 Ragone plot
2. Rechargeable battery technologies: An electronic engineer's view point
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Battery terminology and fundamentals
- 2.3 Battery technologies: an overview
- 2.4 Lead-acid batteries
- 2.5 Nickel-cadmium batteries
- 2.6 Nickel metal hydride batteries
- 2.7 Lithium-based rechargeable batteries
- 2.8 Reusable alkaline batteries
- 2.9 Zn-air batteries
3. Dynamics, models, and management of rechargeable batteries
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Simplest concept of a battery
- 3.3 Battery dynamics
- 3.4 Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for batteries
- 3.5 Battery equivalent circuit models and modeling techniques
- 3.6 Battery management in practical applications
- 3.7 Prognostics in battery health management
- 3.8 Fast charging of batteries
- 3.9 Battery communication and related standards
- 3.10 Battery safety
4. Capacitors as energy storage devices: Simple basics to current commercial families
- Abstract
- 4.1 Capacitor fundamentals
- 4.2 Capacitor types and their properties
- 4.3 Ragone plot
5. Electrical double-layer capacitors: Fundamentals, characteristics, and equivalent circuits
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Historical background
- 5.3 Electrical double-layer effect and device construction
- 5.4 Pseudocapacitance and pseudocapacitors
- 5.5 Hybridization of electrochemical capacitors and rechargeable batteries
- 5.6 Modeling and equivalent circuits
- 5.7 Testing of devices and characterization
- 5.8 Modules and voltage balancing
6. Supercapacitor as a lossless dropper in DC-DC converters
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 DC-DC converters and DC power management
- 6.3 Supercapacitor assisted low dropout regulator (SCALDO) technique
- 6.4 Generalized SCALDO concept
- 6.5 Practical examples
- 6.6 SCALDO implementation examples
- 6.7 Wider applications of SCALDO technique
- 6.8 Comparison between SCALDO regulators and charge pumps
7. Supercapacitors for surge absorption
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Lightning and inductive energy dumps in electric circuits and typical surge absorber techniques
- 7.3 Supercapacitor as a surge absorption device: summarized results of a preliminary investigation
- 7.4 Design approaches to a supercapacitor-based surge protector
- 7.5 Conclusion
8. Supercapacitors in a rapid heat transfer application
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Problem of wasted water in day-to-day situations at home
- 8.3 Problem of traditional heating from direct AC mains supply and heating system specifications
- 8.4 Commercial solutions for eliminating water wastage due to storage in buried plumbing
- 8.5 Practical requirements for a localized solution
- 8.6 SC-based solution with prestored energy
- 8.7 Results from an ongoing prototype development exercise
- 8.8 Specific advantages of SC energy storage
- 8.9 Implementation challenges
Appendix A: capacitors and AC line filtering
Product details
- No. of pages: 320
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2014
- Published: November 26, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124079472
- eBook ISBN: 9780124081192
About the Author
Nihal Kularatna
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