The Eighth IASTED International
Conference
on
Power and Energy Systems
~EuroPES 2008~
June 23 – 25, 2008
Corfu, Greece
TUTORIAL SESSION
Energy Storage for High Reliability and Distributed Generation Applications
Abstract
The tutorial will cover the key concepts related with energy storage, namely the energy density, power density, charging time, efficiency, charge retention, cycling, and the different time scales of energy storage. The evolution of the energy storage requirements to improve load factor and continuous power feeding, including for ride-through capability, transportation and integration of intermittent distributed generation, are presented.
The key aspects of relevant energy storage technologies (electrochemical, electrical, mechanical, thermal and hydrogen based) will be discussed.
Biography of the Presenter
Dr. Anibal de Almeida is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is the co-author of six books and more than one hundred papers in international journals, meetings and conferences. He has coordinated several European and national research projects in the area of electricity end-use efficient technologies, distributed generation and power quality. He was a Member of the High Technology Panel, in charge of energy projects, NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division, 1993-2000.
He has a been a consultant of international institutions including the European Union, US-Agency for International Development, World Bank, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Pacific Gas and Electric, California Institute for Energy Efficiency, International Academy of the Environment, Electric Power Research Institute, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, International Institute for Energy Conservation, Climate Network Europe and Eurelectric.
