Energy Storage Systems [Hardcover]

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, ?esme, Izmir, Turkey, 27 June-8 July, 1988Importance of Energy Storage.- Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Their Dynamic Behavior.- Second Law Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Fundamentals and Sensible Heat Systems.- Second Law Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Latent Heat Systems.- Design, Optimization and Control of a Thermal Energy Storage System.- A Model for Energy Retrieval from a Thermal Storage.- Storage of Solar Thermal Energy.- Thermal Energy Storage and Extraction in Solar Ponds.- Phase Change Heat Transfer in Cylindrical Domain: Modelling and Its Importance in the Thermal Energy Storage.- Solar Energy Storage in Packed Beds.- Experimental and Numerical Modelling of Solar Energy Storage in Rockbeds and Encapsulated Phase Change Material Packings.- New Approaches to Heat Storage in Buildings.- Thermal Energy Storage for Cooling in Commercial Buildings.- Cool Storage for Solar and Conventional Air Conditioning.- The Importance of Heat Storage When Using Cogeneration Plants in Cold Climates.- Gravity-Assisted Melting in Enclosures.- Energy Storage and Nuclear Reactors.- Comparison of Solar-Hydrogen with Synthetic Fossil Fuels.- Convection Effects on Stratification During Charging of a Hot Water Store.- The Evaluation of Thermal Stratification by Exergy.- Adsorption in Energy Storage.- Experience with a Man-Made Aquifer in Short-Term and Long-Term Cycles.- Recovery and Storage of Waste Heat.- High Temperature Thermal Storage.- Energy Storage Systems in Operation.- Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage.- Electrical Energy Storage Battery.- On the Peak-off-Peak Price Functions Based on Marginal Cost Methods to be Used in Energy Storage Projects.- Mechanical Energy Storage Using Flywheels and Design Optimization.- Techno-Economical Evaluation and Optimization of Compressed Air Energy Storage.- Thermochemical Energy Storage.- Long Term Efficiency of Solar Aided Water Heating Systeml³µ