Conference on Massive Energy Storage for the Broader Use of Renewable Energy Sources, June 23-26, 2013, Newport Beach, CA

提案编号：1335803机构：堪萨斯大学研究中心标题：大规模能源存储促进可再生能源的广泛使用可再生能源，如风能和太阳能，可以提供大量的电能，但由于其间歇性和不可预测的可用性，将这些能源整合到电网系统中提出了重大挑战。目前的技术允许相对少量的能量存储（~ 100到200千瓦时），这可能足以满足一些运输和住宅应用。可再生能源的存储需求以及与智能电网应用相关的能源存储需求可能在量级上要大得多（~ 20到1000兆瓦时）。可能成功的解决方案必然是跨学科的，而这次会议将是这种思想交叉授粉的催化场所。会议提议的主题包括目前正在考虑的能量存储的大多数潜在技术，这些技术包括压缩和液化气体形式的存储、电化学存储系统和/或介质中的其他相变。这次会议讨论的是将扩大可再生能源使用的大规模能源储存。特别感兴趣的是物理，化学，热力学和工程的方法和过程，在这些方法和过程中，这种储存可以以经济的方式实现，特别是面对全球范围内材料成本的增加。储存在较高温度下的热能将有助于改善朗肯循环和布雷顿循环的热力学应用。一些技术现在已经足够成熟，可以深入研究实现的工程方面，值得仔细研究。这代表了一种迫切的社会技术需求，随着可持续性和网格管理变得越来越重要，这种需求可能会得到更多的重视。美国和其他国家的政府开始更多地关注手头的问题，随着行业和政府更加积极地瞄准能源效率和环境影响，本次会议的主题可能会吸引更多的关注。这次会议将是独一无二的，因为它带来了对大规模电能存储（EES）和热能存储（TES）的必要关注。来自NSF的资金将用于支持一些主题演讲和邀请演讲者以及来自学术机构的研究生。

PI: Nguyen, Trung V. Proposal Number: 1335803Institution: University of Kansas Center for Research IncTitle: Conference on Massive Energy Storage for the Broader Use of Renewable Energy SourcesRenewable energy sources, like wind and solar, could supply a significant amount of electrical energy, but integration of these sources into the electrical grid system poses major challenges due to their intermittent nature and unpredictable availability. Current technologies permit the storage of energy in relatively small quantities (~ 100 to 200 kWh) that may be sufficient for some transportation and residential applications. The storage needs for renewable energy sources as well as the energy storage needs associated with smart grid applications are likely to be much larger in magnitude (~ 20 to 1,000 MWh).The solutions that are likely to succeed will necessarily be inter-disciplinary and this conference will be a catalytic venue for such cross-pollination of ideas. The proposed conference topics include most of the potential technologies currently under consideration for energy storage -- and these include storage in the form compressed and liquefied gases, electrochemical storage systems, and/or other phase changes in media. This conference deals with energy storage in massive quantities that will broaden the use of renewable energies. Of specific interestare the physics, chemistry, thermodynamics and engineering of the methods and the processes in which such storage can be achieved in an economical manner particularly in the face of worldwide increase in the cost of materials. Thermal energy stored at higher temperatures will help improve the thermodynamics of Rankine and Brayton cycle applications. Some of the technologies are now mature enough to look into the engineering aspects of the implementation that deserve scrutiny.This represents an urgent societal technical need that is likely to gain more prominence as sustainability and grid management become ever more important. The U.S. and other governments are starting to pay more attention to the issues on hand and the topics of this conference are likely to gather more attention as industry and governments target energy efficiency and environmental impact with more vigor. This conference will be unique since it brings the focus necessary on massive electrical energy storage (EES) as well as thermal energy storage (TES). Funding from NSF will be used to support some of the keynote and invited speakers and graduate students from academic institutions.