Energy Storage
Courses
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Introduction to Energy Storage the students are able to:
- distinguish different storage technologies and their role for the RE system
- decide on the application of Energy Storage solutions for given storage tasks and
compare costs and potentials of storage systems
Content
- Description of energy storage technologies:
- power to gas
- battery technologies
- pumped hydro storage
- compressed air energy storages
- thermal energy storages
- Efficiency of energy storage systems
- Economics of different energy storage solutions
- Energy Storage Solutions including sector coupling, especially Power-to-Heat and Power-to-Mobility
Details
- Lecturer: Ingo Stadler
- Teaching method: lecture, (group) work
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: written exam
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Hydrogen and Power-to-Chemical Technologies the students are able to:
- identify role of hydrogen and Power-to-chemical (PtC) in sustainable energy systems
- get acquainted with the different hydrogen production technologies
- conversion of Hydrogen with CO2 or N2 to PtC molecules
- evaluate simply PtC process chain from energy and economic perspectives
- get a glimpse on the recent research and development trend in this value chain
Content
- Description of different hydrogen production technologies
- Thermodynamics fundamentals for electrochemical hydrogen production and storage
- Chemical reaction engineering fundamentals for hydrogen conversion to PtC
- Based on stoichiometric or ideal approach, identify the efficiency of the PtC value chain
- Evaluate the cost of production of Hydrogen and PtC based on short-cut methods
Details
- Lecturer: Ouda Salem
- Teaching method: lecture, seminar
- SWS: 3
- Credit points: 3
- Examination: presentations; written exam