Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Stationary storage'

This thesis explores suitable materials for energy stores for stationary applications, specifically a prototype hydrogen store, domestic thermal store operating between 25-100 C and a moderate thermal store for a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant operating at 400 C. The approach incorporated a unique coating technique to deliver prototype hydrogen and thermal storage media, where the coating could offer commercial advantages, for example, in the form of hydride activation and enhanced kinetics during successive cycling. The highly reversible Mg-MgH2 system is particularly promising for thermal storage, obtaining an enthalpy of reaction of 74.5 kJ/mol H2 that translates to a thermal energy capacity of approximately 2800 kJ/kg of MgH2. Nevertheless, magnesium is hindered by slow activation and poor kinetics of (de)hydrogenation, even when approaching temperatures ideal for concentrated solar power applications (in the region 400 C). Elevated temperature cycling studies were performed on commercial atomised Mg powder with magnetron sputtered catalysts (chromium, iron, vanadium and stainless steel) applied to their surfaces; the aim of which was to fabricate hydrogen storage materials that possess (de)hydrogenation characteristics equal to or even bettering their nanocrystalline equivalents, yet in a potentially economic and scalable manner. Following 50 cycles at 400 C, the coatings were found to have little to no positive impact on the behaviour of the atomised Mg powders. In addition, for both uncoated and coated samples the effects of an activation process at 400 C are matched by cycling the material 5 times from the outset, after which identical behaviour is observed during subsequent cycles. At 350 C, the benefits of catalyst coatings on the hydrogen storage properties of atomised Mg powders are evident during activation and successive cycling up to 90 times. The material undergoes different microstructural evolution during cycling when in the presence of a surface catalyst, causing an enhancement of the `nucleation and growth' stage of (de)hydrogenation. This was attributed to particle reorientation dominating particle sintering, whereas the opposite occurs for the uncoated material. For the domestic thermal and prototype hydrogen stores a selection of AB and AB2 intermetallic hydrides enhanced through catalysis or thermodynamic modification were investigated. TiFe produced via powder atomisation obtained thermodynamic properties (dehydrogenation H = 28.9 kJ/mol H2 and S = 105 J/K.mol H2) in line with published results. The minor substitution of Ni into TiFe1-xNix resulted in different hydrogenation characteristics to TiFe, for example, TiFe0:96Ni0:04 possessed a dehydrogenation of H = 29.9 kJ/mol H2 and S = 107 J/K.mol H2. Discrepancies between maximum achieved and theoretical capacities were observed for both atomised TiFe and TiFe0:96Ni0:04 and a range of possible contributing factors are discussed. A minor addition of Pd (1.17 wt.%) magnetron sputtered to the surface of TiFe0:96Ni0:04 enabled successful room temperature hydrogenation with no activation treatment required. Characterisation (SEM and TEM) confirmed it is not necessary to have complete Pd coverage in the form of a uniform coating and XPS was utilised to derive a theory for the activation mechanism. The AB2 alloy comparison between the commercially available Hydralloy C5 and in house fabricated Ti0:9Zr0:2Mn1:5V0:2Cr0:3 showed that Hydralloy C5 was the most promising alloy for the hydrogen store application with the higher working capacity (ca. 0.96 wt.%) in the pressure range of 4-15 bar at 22 C, despite Ti0:9Zr0:2Mn1:5V0:2Cr0:3 obtaining a higher maximum storage capacity (1.82 wt.%). The hydrogenation kinetics of both alloys were studied with corresponding activation energies and hydrogen diffusion coefficients determined. The kinetics of hydrogenation for both alloys is sufficiently fast that only the heat transfer of the storage system is the rate limiting parameter for hydrogen exchange for most technical applications.

Power outages, electric-grid deficiencies and renewable energies are all examples where stationary energy storages are useful. In this master thesis, two types of stationary electrochemical energy storages are examined; vent-regulated lead-acid batteries (VRLA) and lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP), to find out the more beneficial one in stationary uses. The techniques are examined for a large range of electric-grid services in a techno-economical investigation. The cost per delivered kWh of the energy storage is the basis of comparison which is calculated using battery degradation data with respect to C-rate, SoC, DoD, temperature, storage time and cycle frequency to estimate calendar and cyclic aging. Modelling presents neither alternative as superior although LFP is the more versatile alternative. VRLA-batteries can be a more cost-beneficial alternative for applications demanding less than 1 cycle/day, at temperatures lower than 30C, short project lifetimes and when utilizing storages beyond 80% EoL. The investment cost is lower for VRLA at equal C-rates. Cost items neglected will decrease the chances of VRLA being the cheapest technique. From a sustainability point of view, LFP is under almost all circumstances the less energy and CO2-intense technology, however recyclability is in clear favor for VRLA.
Strömavbrott, underdimensionerade elnät och förnybar energi är tre exempel där ett stationärt energilager kan tillämpas. I den här masteruppsatsen undersöks två typer av stationära elektrokemiska energilager; ventilreglerade bly-syra-batterier och litium-järnfosfat-batterier (LFP), för att finna det mer fördelaktiga alternativet i stationära applikationer. De två teknikerna analyseras i ett stort antal elnätsapplikationer i en tekno-ekonomisk studie. Kostnaden per levererad kWh av energilagret används som jämförelsebas vilken beräknas utifrån batteridegraderingsdata med avseende på C-rate, SoC, DoD, temperatur, lagringstid och cykelfrekvens för att estimera kalender- och cyklisk åldring. Modellering visar att inget av batterialternativen är överlägset i alla situationer men LFP är det mångsidigare alternativet. Bly-syra-batterier kan vara mer kostnadseffektiva för applikationer som kräver mindre än 1 (full-ekvivalent) cykel/dag vid temperaturer lägre än 30C, korta projektlivstider samt när batterilagren används bortom 80% EoL. Investeringskostnaden är lägre för bly-syra-batterier när likadan C-rate appliceras. Negligerade kostnadsposter kommer minska chanserna att bly-syra-batterier är det billigaste alternativet. Från ett hållbarhetsperspektiv är LFP nästan uteslutande den mindre energikrävande och mindre CO2-intensiva tekniken. Bly-syra-batterier har dock en klar fördel när det kommer till återvinningsbarhet.

With the continuing transition to renewable inherently intermittent energy sources like solar- and wind power, electrical energy storage will become progressively more important to manage energy production and demand. A key technology in this area is Li-ion batteries. To operate these batteries efficiently, there is a need for monitoring of the current battery state, including parameters such as state of charge and state of health, to ensure that adequate safety and performance is maintained. Furthermore, such monitoring is a step towards the possibility of the optimization of battery usage such as to maximize battery lifetime and/or return on investment. Unfortunately, possible online measurements during actual operation of a lithium-ion battery are typically limited to current, voltage and possibly temperature, meaning that direct measurement of battery status is not feasible. To overcome this, battery modeling and various regression methods may be used. Several of the most common regression algorithms suggested for estimation of battery state of charge and state of health are based on Kalman filtering. While these methods have shown great promise, there currently exist no thorough analysis of the impact of so-called filter tuning on the effectiveness of these algorithms in Li-ion battery monitoring applications, particularly for state of health estimation. In addition, the effects of only adjusting the cell capacity model parameter for aging effects, a relatively common approach in the literature, on overall state of health estimation accuracy is also in need of investigation. In this work, two different Kalman filtering methods intended for state of charge estimation: the extended Kalman filter and the extended adaptive Kalman filter, as well as three intended for state of health estimation: the dual extended Kalman filer, the enhanced state vector extended Kalman filer, and the single weight dual extended Kalman filer, are compared from accuracy, performance, filter tuning and practical usability standpoints. All algorithms were used with the same simple one resistor-capacitor equivalent circuit battery model. The Li-ion battery data used for battery model development and simulations of filtering algorithm performance was the “Randomized Battery Usage Data Set” obtained from the NASA Prognostics Center of Excellence.  It is found that both state of charge estimators perform similarly in terms of accuracy of state of charge estimation with regards to reference values, easily outperforming the common Coulomb counting approach in terms of precision, robustness and flexibility. The adaptive filter, while computationally more demanding, required less tuning of filter parameters relative to the extended Kalman filter to achieve comparable performance and might therefore be advantageous from a robustness and usability perspective. Amongst the state of health estimators, the enhanced state vector approach was found to be most robust to initialization and was also least taxing computationally. The single weight filter could be made to achieve comparable results with careful, if time consuming, filter tuning. The full dual extended Kalman filter has the advantage of estimating not only the cell capacity but also the internal resistance parameters. This comes at the price of slow performance and time consuming filter tuning, involving 17 parameters. It is however shown that long-term state of health estimation is superior using this approach, likely due to the online adjustment of internal resistance parameters. This allows the dual extended Kalman filter to accurately estimate the SoH over a full test representing more than a full conventional battery lifetime. The viability of only adjusting the capacity in online monitoring approaches therefore appears questionable. Overall the importance of filter tuning is found to be substantial, especially for cases of very uncertain starting battery states and characteristics.

This PhD dissertation has presented a number of scenarios in which Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) can be usefully employed for increasing energy system performances. Particularly, after introducing the State-of-the-Art of ESS technologies (Chapter 1), reference has been made to some stationary and automotive applications. Stationary applications have regarded Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) exploitation issues and EV integration within micro-grids (Chapter 2). It has been shown that ESSs are particularly useful in compensating for RES forecasting errors, whereas they are much less effective as energy buffers. In addition, Vehicle to Grid (V2G) has also been revealed as an alternative and viable solution for increasing RES penetration level and micro-grid autonomy, even in presence of small EV fleets. The promising results obtained in the energy management of power systems by means of the use of V2G and G2V paradigm have suggested the integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into the power system. This requires that EV energy storage systems should satisfy both electric propulsion and power system requirements. With this aim, the design and management of a novel Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) for EVs has been considered (Chapter 3). Particularly, the proposed configuration allows the reduction of the peak current delivered by EV batteries, thus preserving their rated performances and increasing their lifetime. This goal has been achieved by means of a suitable management of the energy flows provided by the HESS, leading to a good exploitation of the proposed topology. The effectiveness of the proposed solutions has been verified through several extensive simulation studies, which have been carried out in the Matlab environment. In conclusion, it can be stated that all cases have revealed the need of carefully sizing and managing ESSs in order to achieve optimal results. In this context, it is worth noting that the employment of large ESS easily leads to enhanced performances but also to significant increased costs. This drawback cannot be sustained, especially in automotive applications, in which EV competitiveness is strictly related to a decrease of ESS size, weight and costs. On the other hand, small ESSs do not generally guarantee the same performances but they can be quite similar if optimal management and control strategies are employed. These last thus will cover a fundamental role in making ESS more widespread, enabling an optimal trade-off among increased performances, costs, management and control issues.

This thesis describes an investigation into the hydrogen storage properties of zeolites and high surface area carbons. In particular, zeolite X, zeolite Y, zeolite A, zeolite Rho, carbon nanotubes and activated carbons materials were studied. The zeolites encompass a range of different pore geometries and compositions. The aim was to investigate the potential of zeolites as an alternative to carbons in low-cost, safe hydrogen stores, particularly for large-scale stationary applications. Zeolites were synthesised by hydrothermal methods, and different cation-exchanged forms were prepared. through ion exchange from aqueous metal nitrate solutions. All hydrogen storage capacities were measured at room temperature or 77 K and a pressure range of 0 to 15 bar, using a constant pressure thermogravimetric analyser. The results show that, zeolites exhibit diverse behaviour with respect to hydrogen uptake, dependent on both the framework structure and the nature of the cations present. A major factor influencing uptake is the available void space: in zeolites A and Rho, pore blocking by large extraframework cations is a prominent phenomenon restricting hydrogen uptake, but in zeolites X and Y, blocking of supercages by exchangeable cations does not occur. In general, gravimetric uptake is affected by the weight of the zeolite since hydrogen uptakes in heavier zeolites were relatively lower. Volumetric hydrogen storage capacities show that zeolites are roughly twice as efficient in binding hydrogen than activated carbons. This study also suggests that, extraframework cations act as binding sites for hydrogen molecules. In both zeolites and carbons, hydrogen adsorption occurs by physisorption, and the adsorption - desorption process is fast and completely reversible. Preliminary adsorption theory analysis shows that, the hydrogen adsorption isotherms conform reasonably well to the Langmuir equation. For carbons, zeolite X and zeolite Y, hydrogen uptake relates closely with the BET surface area. Suitably ion-exchanged zeolites offer great promise as low-cost, safe hydrogen storage media for stationary applications. Further work, involving detailed characterisation, needs to be carried out to fully explore the hydrogen storage and engineering properties of these materials.

The voltage profile of the catenary between traction substations (TSSs) is affected by the trolleybus current intake and by its position with respect to the TSSs: the higher the current requested by the bus and the further the bus from the TSSs, the deeper the voltage drop. When the voltage drops below 500V, the trolleybus is forced to decrease its consumption by reducing its input current. This thesis deals with the analysis of the improvements that the installation of an BESS produces in the operation of a particularly loaded FS of the DC trolleybus network of the city of Bologna. The stationary BESS is charged by the TSSs during off-peak times and delivers the stored energy when the catenary is overloaded alleviating the load on the TSSs and reducing the voltage drops. Only IMC buses are considered in the prospect of a future disposal of all internal combustion engine vehicles. These trolleybuses cause deeper voltage drops because they absorb enough current to power their traction motor and recharge the on board battery. The control of the BESS aims to keep the catenary voltage within the admissible voltage range and makes sure that all physical limitations are met. A model of FS Marconi Trento Trieste is implemented in Simulink environment to simulate its daily operation and compare the behavior of the trolleybus network with and without BESS. From the simulation without BESS, the best location of the energy storage system is deduced, and the battery control is tuned. Furthermore, from the knowledge of the load curve and the battery control trans-characteristic, it is formulated a prediction of the voltage distribution at BESS connection point. The prediction is then compared with the simulation results to validate the Simulink model. The BESS allows to decrease the voltage drops along the catenary, the Joule losses and the current delivered by the TSSs, indicating that the BESS can be a solution to improve the operation of the trolleybus network.

An examination of the stationary power sector is performed using The Natural Step framework and Sustainability Principles (SP), in order to aid decision makers in developing policy to balance energy needs while reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in order to address climate change. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is evaluated for its sustainability aspects, and is found to be a potentially sustainable approach which can be a bridging technology to a more sustainable energy mix, as well as a remediation technology which can remove CO2 from the atmosphere when utilized in combination with biomass fuel. Initial actions for restructuring the stationary power sector should emphasise demand reduction and efficiency efforts, followed by switching to renewable energy sources. If the first two strategies can not provide sufficient CO2 reductions, then investments in CCS technology may be an appropriate choice. CCS with coal-fired power can be a means to decouple CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use, but other SP violations associated with coal use must also be fully addressed before this strategy can be considered a truly sustainable option.

This paper presents a new method for constructing 2D maps of enclosed un- derwater structures using an underwater robot equipped with only a 2D scanning sonar, compass and depth sensor. In particular, no motion model or odometry is used. To accomplish this, a two step offline SLAM method is applied to a set of stationary sonar scans. In the first step, the change in position of the robot between each consecutive pair of stationary sonar scans is estimated using a particle filter. This set of pair wise relative scan positions is used to create an estimate of each scan’s position within a global coordinate frame using a weighted least squares fit that optimizes consistency between the relative positions of the entire set of scans. In the second step of the method, scans and their estimated positions act as inputs to a mapping algorithm that constructs 2D octree-based evidence grid maps of the site. This work is motivated by a multi-year archaeological project that aims to construct maps of ancient water storage systems, i.e. cisterns, on the islands of Malta and Gozo. Cisterns, wells, and water galleries within fortresses, churches and homes operated as water storage systems as far back as 2000 B.C. Using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) these water storage systems located around the islands were explored while collecting video, still images, sonar, depth, and compass measurements. Data gathered from 5 different expeditions has produced maps of over 90 sites. Presented are results from applying the new mapping method to both a swimming pool of known size and to several of the previously unexplored water storage systems.

The global energy system is under transformation. The energy transition from a centralized, fossil fuel based energy system to a more decentralized, renewable energy based system will challenge the balancing of electricity supply and demand. This stresses the importance of grid flexibility. In this challenge, energy storage will play a valuable role as it can provide flexibility and support the renewable energy integration. More specifically, lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (Li-ion BESS) demonstrate technological advantages and valuable application possibilities in the electricity grid. This thesis examines opportunities and barriers for deployment of grid-scale Li-ion BESS in the Swedish electricity market, and provides an overview of different perspectives of possibilities with BESS from several market actors. The purpose of the exploratory study is to gain an understanding of prospects for grid-scale BESS in Sweden. Through a comprehensive literature study and an empirical study, based on fourteen interviews with various actors in the electricity market, data was collected and analyzed. The analysis of the empirical findings resulted in two tables summarizing opportunities and barriers for implementation of BESS in Sweden. The opportunities and barriers are categorized into three hierarchical levels; contextual level, power system level and BESS level, referring to where in the system the benefits or hinders are localized. Also, key discussion points related to BESS (such as storage time perspective, ownership, grid services, cost, price signals and knowledge gap) are explored and evaluated. Furthermore, to understand the possibilities for grid-scale BESS in Sweden, a potential business setup for BESS is assessed and analyzed to identify preconditions for BESS to be attractive on the Swedish electricity market. The findings of the thesis indicate that grid flexibility is most likely going to be a considerable issue within 10-20 years. By the time of the potential nuclear phase out in Sweden, there will be major instabilities in the electricity grid if solutions are not in place. Therefore, keys to grid flexibility need to be evaluated and planned for well in advance, and the findings indicate that BESS could be a possible part of the solution. Until now, the regulatory framework has been perceived as rather unclear when it comes to energy storage, which has led to uncertainties among the market actors. These unclarities are about to be clarified with new laws and regulations, which will enable potential businesses for BESS. With the changes in the regulatory framework in place, we see an opportunity with new actors on the market. Our analysis shows that the BESS owner will most likely be a commercial actor, to enable utilization of a BESS for combined applications. An important factor, affecting the possibilities of implementing BESS on the Swedish electricity market, is the cost of BESS. We consider the cost aspect as vital for the likelihood of deploying BESS in Sweden. Based on our main findings, we conclude several preconditions for the deployment of BESS in Sweden. These are; decreased costs of BESS, acceptance from market actors, increased knowledge, a trading platform for grid services provided by a BESS, coordination between markets and electricity load forecasts. We believe that if these preconditions are fulfilled, Li-ion BESS has a chance to affect and have an impact on the Swedish electricity market.
Dagens energisystem är under förändring. Det sker en omvandling där energisystemet går från att vara centraliserat och fossilbaserat till att bli mer decentraliserat och baserat på förnybar energi. Detta kommer att utmana balanseringen av elproduktion och elkonsumtion, vilket betonar vikten av flexibilitet i elnätet. I den stundande utmaningen kommer energilagring att spela en viktig roll eftersom det kan bidra med flexibilitet och samtidigt stödja integrationen av mer förnybar elproduktion. Mer specifikt har energilagersystem med litiumjon-batterier flertalet tekniska fördelar och värdefulla användningsområden i elnätet. Det här examensarbetet utforskar möjligheter och hinder för en framtida implementering av nätanslutna litiumjonbatterilager på den svenska elmarknaden och ger en överblick över perspektiv på utsikter för batterilager från flertalet marknadsaktörer. Syftet med den utforskande studien är att få en ökad förståelse för framtidsutsikterna för storskaliga batterilager i Sverige. Genom en omfattande litteraturstudie och en empirisk studie, baserad på fjorton intervjuer med olika aktörer på elmarknaden, samlades data in och analyserades. Analysen av de empiriska resultaten resulterade i två tabeller som sammanfattar möjligheter och hinder för implementering av batterilager i Sverige. Möjligheterna och hindren kategoriseras i tre hierarkiska nivåer; kontextuell nivå, kraftsystemnivå och batterilagersystemnivå, med hänvisning till var i systemet fördelarna eller barriärerna är lokaliserade. Dessutom utvärderas flera betydande diskussionsteman relaterade till batterilager (såsom lagringstid, ägande, nättjänster, kostnad, prissignaler och kunskapsluckor). För att förstå möjligheterna för att etablera batterilager i Sverige har en möjlig affärsuppställning utvärderats och analyserats. Detta för att identifiera förutsättningar för att batterilager ska vara attraktivt på den svenska elmarknaden. Examensarbetets resultat tyder på att nätflexibilitet sannolikt kommer att bli ett betydande problem inom 10-20 år. Den troliga avvecklingen av den svenska kärnkraften kommer att resultera i instabilitet i elnätet om inte lösningar finns på plats. Därför behöver lösningar för att uppnå flexibilitet i elnätet utvärderas och planeras i god tid och uppsatsens resultat visar på att batterilager kan vara en möjlig del av lösningen. Fram till nu har det funnits oklarheter i regelverket gällande energilagring, vilket har lett till osäkerheter hos marknadsaktörerna. Nya lagar och förordningar kommer att klargöra flertalet osäkerheter och möjliggöra potentiella affärer med batterilager. När det förändrade regelverket är på plats, ser vi potential för nya aktörer på marknaden. Vår analys visar på att batterilager med största sannolikhet kommer att ägas av kommersiella aktörer för att möjliggöra kombinerade användningsområden av batterilager. Möjligheterna till implementering av batterilager på den svenska elmarknaden påverkas i hög grad av kostnaden för batterilager. Vi anser att kostnadsaspekten är avgörande för sannolikheten att utnyttja batterilager i Sverige. Vår slutsats är att det finns flertalet förutsättningar för att batterilager ska bli attraktivt och lönsamt i Sverige. Dessa är; minskade kostnader för batterilager, acceptans från marknadsaktörer, ökad kunskap, en handelsplattform för nättjänster som tillhandahålls av batterilager, samordning mellan marknader samt lastprognoser. Om dessa förutsättningar uppnås anser vi att litiumjon-batterilager har en chans att påverka den svenska elmarknaden.

Batteries are promising sources of green and sustainable energy that have been widely used in various applications. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have an important role in the energy storage sector due to its high specific energy and energy density relative to other rechargeable batteries. The main challenges for keeping the LIBs to work under safe conditions, and at high performance are strongly related to the battery thermal management. In this study, a critical literature review is first carried out to present the technology development status of the battery thermal management system (BTMS) based on air and liquid cooling for the application of battery energy storage systems (BESS). It was found that more attention has paid to the BTMS for electrical vehicle (EV) applications than for stationary BESS. Even though the active forced air cooling is the most commonly used method for stationary BESS, limited technical information is available. Liquid cooling has widely been used in EV applications with different system configurations and cooling patterns; nevertheless, the application for BESS is hard to find in literature.To ensure and analyze the performance of air and liquid cooling system, a battery and thermal model developed to be used for modeling of BTMS. The models are based on the car company BMW EV battery pack, which using Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) prismatic lithium-ion cell. Both air and liquid cooling have been studied to evaluate the thermal performance of LIBs under the two cooling systems.According to the result, the air and liquid cooling are capable of maintaining BESS under safe operation conditions, but with considering some limits. The air-cooling is more suitable for low surrounding temperature or at low charging/discharge rate (C-rate), while liquid cooling enables BESS to operate at higher C-rates and higher surrounding temperatures. However, the requirement on the maximum temperature difference within a cell will limits the application of liquid cooling in some discharge cases at high C-rate. Finally, this work suggests that specific attention should be paid to the pack design. The design of the BMW pack is compact, which makes the air-cooling performance less efficient because of the air circulation inside the pack is low and liquid cooling is more suitable for this type of compact battery pack.

The balance of the supply of renewable energy sources with electricity demand will become increasingly difficult with further penetration of renewable energy sources. Traditionally, large stationary batteries have been used to store renewable energy in excess of electricity demand and dispatch the stored energy to meet future electricity demand. Cool thermal energy storage is a feasible renewable energy balancing solution that has economic and environmental advantages over utility scale stationary lead-acid batteries. Two technologies, ice harvesters and internal-melt ice-on-coil cool thermal energy storage, have the capability to store excess renewable energy and use the energy to displace electricity used for building cooling systems. When implemented by a utility, cool thermal energy storage can replace large utility scale batteries for renewable energy balancing in utility regions with high renewable energy penetration. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) region and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) are utility regions with large solar and wind resources, respectively, that can benefit from installation of cool thermal energy storage systems for renewable energy balancing. With proper scheduling of energy dispatched from cool thermal energy storage, these technologies can be effective in displacing peak power capacity for the region, in displacing traditional building cooling equipment, and in recovering renewable energy that would otherwise be curtailed.
Master of Science

La montée en puissance des systèmes de production de l'énergie électrique, à partir de centrales éoliennes ou photovoltaïques, a fait apparaître un besoin aigu en moyens de stockage de cette énergie. Les technologies d'accumulateurs électrochimiques sont à même de répondre à cette problématique, en particulier les batteries sodium chlorure de nickel, une technologie d'accumulateur à haute température. Mais afin de gérer au mieux les performances de ces batteries, il est nécessaire d'avoir une connaissance approfondie du comportement électrothermique des cellules unitaires les composant. Ce travail de thèse présente en détail le développement d'un modèle multiphysique 2D d'une cellule Na-MCl2 commerciale, à même de simuler son fonctionnement en décharge à courant constant. Ce modèle a été construit sur une étude approfondie des mécanismes électrochimiques à l'œuvre dans ce type de technologie, et des effets thermiques associés. Il repose également sur la synthèse et la critique des modèles proposés précédemment dans la littérature. Le modèle inédit proposé dans ce manuscrit permet de prendre en compte deux réactions électrochimiques simultanées, ainsi que le comportement thermique de la cellule. Le modèle a été validé en confrontant les résultats de simulations aux performances électriques réelles d'une cellule commerciale Na-MCl2 (incluant une caractérisation des phénomènes électrochimiques par voltammetrie cyclique). Ce modèle permet de simuler avec succès des décharges à courant constant à différents régimes, et à partir de différentes températures. Il est également capable de prévoir les effets électrothermiques qui seraient consécutifs à un changement de design de la cellule (design structurel et de constitution)
The growing production capacity of wind turbines or photo-voltaic plants has revealed an acute need for electric energy storage systems. Electrochemical accumulator technologies are able to address this issue, in particular sodium nickel chloride batteries, a high temperature battery system. But to enhance the energy management of these batteries, it is necessary to have a deep knowledge of the electro-thermal behavior of its unit cell component. This thesis presents the development of a comprehensive multiphysics 2D model of a commercial Na-MCl2 cell, able to simulate its operation in constant current discharge. This model was built on a thorough study of electrochemical mechanisms at work with this type of technology, and its associated thermal effects. It is also based on the synthesis of existing models, and their critique. The new model proposed in this manuscript can take into account two simultaneous electrochemical reactions, as well as the thermal behavior of the cell. The model was validated by comparison between simulation results and the actual electrical performances of a commercial Na-MCl2 cell (including the characterization of electrochemical phenomena by cyclic voltammetry). This model successfully simulates constant current discharges at different rates, and from different temperatures. It is also capable of predicting the electro-thermal effects consecutive to design changes of the cell (structural and relevant to the active material)

This PhD thesis analyses the compatibility of large scale installations of the Na-beta technology for electrochemical stationary storage of electrical energy in the high voltage network, in order to support the electrical system in the management of the renewable energy sources. The reliability, the safety and the environmental compatibility of the two Na-beta batteries, i.e. the sodium-nickel chloride and the sodium-sulphur ones, were deeply analysed by means of detailed risk analysis. Moreover, an innovative modelling approach based on matrixes is presented for sodium-nickel chloride technology, which could be easily extended to the sodium-sulphur batteries, considering the similarities of these two technologies. Furthermore the presented modelling approach was validated by comparing the electrical model results with experimental measurements carried out in collaboration with Terna (the Italian Transmission System Operator) in the ENEA laboratories in Rome. A 7.8 kW module was tested and the agreement between measurements and the model results was very good.
In questa tesi viene analizzata la compatibilità  della tecnologia di accumulo elettrochimico stazionario dell'€energia elettrica nota come Na-beta per installazioni su larga scala sulla rete elettrica di trasmissione allo scopo di supportare il sistema elettrico nella gestione delle problematiche relative alla sempre maggiore penetrazione di fonti di energia rinnovabile sulla rete. Dettagliate analisi di rischio sono state condotte in collaborazione con le aziende produttrici sulle due tipologie di batterie Na-beta, ovvero quella sodio-cloruro di nichel e quella sodio-zolfo per valutare l'€affidabilità nell'esercizio, la sicurezza per le persone e la compatibilità ambientale. Viene inoltre presentato un approccio di modellizzazione matriciale innovativo per la tecnologia sodio-cloruro di nichel, facilmente estendibile alle batterie sodio-zolfo date le caratteristiche molto simili delle due tecnologie. Il modello realizzato, di tipo elettrico, è stato validato mediante confronto dei risultati con misure sperimentali effettuate in collaborazione con Terna nei laboratori ENEA di Roma su di un modulo da 7,8 kW, dando un'€ottima concordanza sia in regime permanente che transitorio.

In recent years we may observe a growth in construction of passive houses and low energy houses using lightweight constructions such as modern wooden houses. It is assumed that wooden houses keep overheating more comparing to brick houses during summer period. Due to the lack of research in this field the paper investigates the influence of internal thermal storage mass in passive houses constructions on their summer thermal stability under the Czech climatic conditions. Only sensible heat accumulation without a usage of phase change materials is examined. Differences between wooden houses comparing to brick-built houses are emphasized. Objects of research are mostly residential passive houses in low energy building standards. However, the results of research might be applied to different types of buildings as well. The first section outlines theoretical fundamentals. For the research itself various scientific research methods were used, such as basic mathematical calculations, experimental temperature measurement of two buildings (detached house in Dubňany and in Moravany) and numerical simulations. Own tribute to the research was first of all discussion on the topic of thermal accumulation and structures heat capacity calculation. Experimental measurements outlined conclusive evidence about the importance of internal thermal storage mass in respect of interior summer overheating. The research confirmed that the highest interior temperature reached is mostly influenced by solar gains through unshaded windows. However, the influence of internal thermal storage mass is not remote. If we compare standard timber-framed wooden house to the hole ceramic bricks-built house, the wooden house will overheat by 0,5°C more during a standard day. Wider spread in the maximum temperature reached was measured for lightweight consturctions wooden houses without any internal thermal storage mass. Therefore, such structures should have an additional layer of thermal storage mass.

碩士
輔仁大學
科技管理學程碩士在職專班
102
Facing the current global climate change，global warming and depletion of energy and other issues，environmental sustainability has become an important issue。Governments actively promote energy saving and carbon reduction and simultaneous actively develop new energy to replace fossil fuels caused by environmental pollution。Due to the unstable renewable energy such as solar power or wind power accounted for the rapid growth of grid-level energy storage system needs to provide a stable power grid renewable energy to meet future demand for renewable energy maximization。So the stationary lithium battery and the energy storage system of stationary fuel cell is the future of renewable energy and can provide a combination of electricity and power required to incorporate important forward-looking technology and general household energy storage devices。 Key technology trend forecasting core lithium battery energy storage mate-rials and the development of future technologies， This study stationary battery capacity of lithium-based energy storage technology growth forecast；using linear regression calculation methods to predict the value of its maximum capacity，and to make use of the growth curve analysis location of the industry is located。Logistic growth model with technology life-cycle assessment， the use of patent-based U.S. Patent and Trademark Office，the use of patent analysis to identify the key fuel cell energy storage technologies，and further the technology life cycle assessment of stationary fuel cell technology developed time to conduct each phase occurs trend prediction，detected stationary fuel cell go into mature stage in 2025。This study kept informed；lithium battery and fuel cell-based energy storage products in the stationary technology development and product commercialization trend forecast，the cost price of the commercialization of fuel cell power generation timing point of commercialization of fuel prices and the general petrochemical oil and power generation that differences in trend forecasting purposes。 Taiwan was once a lithium battery module manufacturing plant of the world ，so the design of stationary lithium battery energy storage，production and assembly techniques should be no technical bottlenecks， but to make a more larger unit of energy research material in lithium batteries density research and breakthroughs。Hydrogen fuel cell is a non-polluting industries； advantages of fuel diversification，global advanced countries have switched into the fuel cell research and development program of energy storage and power systems，but the key components and technology patents, mostly in Europe、America、Japan and other advanced countries to master。In Taiwan If you place the fuel cell as a long-term industrial developed，our country must identify the key technology areas of the fuel cell industry and to develop industrialization strategy。The results of this study reference for enterprises develop policies on the development of the domestic industry and help the future into the international market。

碩士
國立中正大學
電機工程研究所
106
In recently years, the convolutional neural network (CNN) has achieved great success in solving once-difficult tasks such as image recognition. Due to complicated calculations, the CNN often needs to be assisted with hardware to meet performance and power requirements. Over the past few years, a variety of CNN hardware accelerators have been proposed. In 2016, the newest hardware architecture, called the Row Stationary (RS), was published at the ISSCC conference. This architecture has higher performance and lower power consumption than other CNN hardware accelerator designsthe. However, the RS achieves good data utilization and flexible operation modes at the expense of redundant registers. In this paper, we propsed the Row Stationary plus (RSplus) design to reduce the cost of registers. Meanwhile, we propose the Configurable Data Forward Network (CDFN) to approach operation mode flexibility with modest interconnection cost. Post-layout results on the same problem scale of the published RS design show that the RSplus achieves comprarable throughput with the reduction of 24.5% hardware costs.

碩士
國立中正大學
電機工程研究所
107
Ever since its publication in 2016 ISSCC, the Row Stationary (RS) architecture has been accredited for its high performance and low energy consumption in accelerating the computation of various CNN's. As such, follow-up research works has been sustaining momentum. In a recent subsequent study, the Row Stationary Plus (RS+) architecture was proposed to reduce the number of registers in RS, but it incurred wire delay problem in the layout stage. In this thesis, we propose a Hierarchical Row Stationary Plus (HRS+) architecture that utilizes a two-level hierarchy to mitigate the wiring problem while preserving the register advantage of the RS+ architecture. The HRS+ is compared to redesigned RS, RS+, and a recent CNN accelerator design called COSY. Experiment results show that the HRS+ compares favorably in terms of area and power consumption.

Australia’s economy is heavily dependent on coal-based energy and greenhouse gas intensive natural resource extraction and processing industries. As part of an international climate change mitigation effort Australia will have to undergo a national transformation to a low emissions society by mid century. Federal and State Governments in Australia, like their counterparts in other major developed economies, have been persuaded that reliance on fossil fuels in stationary energy industries such as electricity generation and minerals processing will be able to continue with the deployment of a value chain of technologies fitted to these installations for capturing carbon dioxide, transporting it to a disposal site, and then injecting it into subsurface geological formations for permanent storage (carbon capture and storage, or CCS). Understanding the likely effectiveness of CCS for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from stationary energy industries is therefore critical to policy formulation for, and management of, Australia’s emissions mitigation effort and national transformation over the decades ahead.
This thesis aims to offer a clearer understanding of the practicalities, limitations and uncertainties surrounding future CCS use in Australia and of the contribution CCS can make to mitigating emissions from the Australian stationary energy sector in the period to 2050. It considers two central questions: Is CCS a realistic option for emissions mitigation in Australia? Are Australian climate policies formulated to facilitate CCS deployment and optimise its potential contribution? The criteria employed in this thesis for answering these questions are restricted to those having an ascertainable causal impact on the timing, pace and ultimate scale of CCS deployment within Australia. The methodology used for the research is grounded in critical approaches and integrated assessment within a holistic, trans-disciplinary paradigm.
This thesis finds that under Australia’s existing climate policy framework it is unrealistic to expect CCS can contribute more than 75 million tonnes of CO2 per annum to emissions mitigation by 2050. Australia does have sufficient potential geological storage resources to expect some environmentally safe CCS infrastructure could be engineered over time, but commencement of large scale build-out is not likely before 2025. When CCS will become a commercial mitigation option in Australia is unpredictable and dependent more on the political economy of climate change than on Australian research, development and demonstration activities.
The thesis also finds that the existing climate policy framework is increasing rather than decreasing the risks to timing and usefulness of CCS even to the level of 75 million tonnes of CO2 per annum by 2050. This thesis concludes that Australian Governments are not developing the institutional capability to oversee a holistic decarbonisation of the stationary energy sector. This capability is required not only to address the risks to CCS deployment but also to prevent market failures that foreclose an optimal contribution from all other potential mitigation technologies. The thesis proposes that an Australian national CCS company be created with responsibility for CCS integration, transport and storage services in order to develop Australian capability rather than that of international corporations.

碩士
國立臺灣大學
企業管理碩士專班
102
This business plan uses the Chung Yuan Branch of Jinyuhtarng Stationery(金玉堂文具中原店) as the example to establish a sales growth plan of the local stationery store. I include analyses of the market, current problems of the store, the goals and the strategies of the store’s growth, and the operation and the marketing plan of the store in this business plan. Jinyuhtarng Stationery is one of the biggest stationery chain stores in Taiwan. The Chung Yuan Branch of Jinyuhtarng Stationery is around 320 ping坪 (or 11,387 sq.ft) with four floors and the elevator. Its current gross profit margin and revenue fall far below the expected performance due to its inefficient management. In this business plan aims for developing the strategies with new opearion methods in order to reach the expected goals.

My thesis is a business plan about my own retail company. Founded in 2007, Interieur Mediterran acts as a pure online retailer. The business success of the past two years motivated me to think about a growth strategy for Interieur Mediterran. This business plan will help to evaluate different strategies. In the course of this thesis the opening of a stationary store will be highlighted and financially analysed. The document is supposed to be used as a basis for future presentations of the business idea to investors. The business plan will be structured in best practice. Typical parts will be covered, like presentation of the business idea, a market overview, market segmentation, target group selection, selection of a proper location (retailer specific), internal company analysis, external analysis, strategy selection, company organization, logistics, marketing tactics and a final financial analysis in order to proof the profitability of the business. For data evaluation I used mainly sources in the internet and historic data from my ecommerce sales. A very important source of information was an online survey I conducted among my existing customers. From 800 customers 254 customers replied to the survey. In order to meet the requirements of a thesis I will also present theoretical backgrounds in some of the chapters.
A minha tese é um plano de negócio da minha própria empresa de retalho. Fundada em 2007, a Interieur Mediterran (IM) opera como um genuíno retalhista online. O sucesso deste negócio nos últimos dois anos motivou-me a pensar numa estratégia de crescimento para a IM. O plano de negócio ajudará a avaliar as diferentes estratégias de expansão. Ao longo da tese, a abertura de um espaço comercial será destacada e analisada financeiramente. Este documento poderá ser usado como suporte para futuras apresentações desta ideia de negócio aos investidores. O plano será estruturado numa base realista. Diferentes partes serão destacadas, tais como a apresentação do modelo de negócio, uma revisão da segmentação de mercado, selecção do grupo-alvo, escolha de uma localização própria, análise interna da empresa, análise externa,selecção da estratégia, organização da empresa, logística, tácticas de marketing e uma análise financeira final de modo a provar a rentabilidade do negócio. Para avaliação dos dados, recorri essencialmente a fontes na Internet e a um historial dos dados das minhas vendas electrónicas. Uma importante fonte de informação foi uma pesquisa online que conduzi entre os meus clientes. Dos 800 compradores, 254 responderam ao inquérito. De forma a responder às exigências duma tese, cruzarei alguma da teoria mais relevante sobre este tema ao longo dos capítulos.

碩士
國立臺北教育大學
文化創意產業經營學系
103
Even though technology improves year by year, stationery industries still take a big part in human’s society. To enhance the purchase intention, some stationery stores change the normal ways of selling or promoting stationery goods by only focus on the function of the goods. They combine the lifestyle aesthetic with the stationery industries to encourage people to use or see the stationery goods in another way. Stationery items not only being office supplies or writing tools, but they also show the personal tastes. Therefore, in order to discover the affection of lifestyle aesthetic on consumers who shop at those stationery stores, the research focus on the case study of Eslite stationery specialty store in Taipei. The study takes the quantitative method as the way of data collection. It gives questionnaire to random stationery users who have shopped in Eslite stationery specialty store. To analyze the data from questionnaire, the research use SEM, Structural Equation Modeling, as the analyzing method. Selling strategy, environment atmosphere, and perceived value are the main factors that influence lifestyle aesthetic construction. The result shows that Eslite stationery specialty store have affected the consumers’ lifestyle aesthetic by these factors. Consumers identified these factors that might change their point of view of stationery goods. The change of the stationery stores shows that customers consider buying things that could echo to their personalities.

碩士
國立高雄應用科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士班
104
This study aimed to examine customer satisfaction regarding the services provided by the 9x9 Stationery Zhongshan Flagship Store in Kaohsiung. In addition to understanding customers’ level of satisfaction with its services, the findings can serve as reference for the Company for future improvement. Based on the SERVQUAL Model developed by Parasuraman et al. (1988), four factors (tangibility; reliability; assurance; and responsiveness and empathy) were established in this study after integrating the data. The factors were analyzed using the statistical software SPSS22.0 to explore the relationship between the four factors and the overall satisfaction. The results showed that all factors have a positive correlation with the overall satisfaction. Moreover, the demographic variables have significant correlations with five factors (tangibility; reliability; assurance; responsiveness and empathy; and overall satisfaction). The hypotheses that age and education background variables are correlated with reliability, assurance, care and empathy, as well as overall satisfaction; and that visiting time is correlated with assurance, were supported; all other hypotheses were not supported. Finally, the recommendations based on the findings are provided for the Company’s reference.