Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Concentrating Solar Power Plants -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technology -- 1.2.1 CSP Receiver Concepts -- 1.3 Thermal Energy Storage in CSP -- 1.3.1 Active Two-Tank System -- 1.3.2 Active Single-Tank Thermocline -- 1.3.3 Other TES Systems -- 1.3.4 Types of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) -- 1.4 Corrosion Problem in TES-CSP System -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References, 2. Solar Thermal Power Plant with Thermal Energy Storage -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Review -- 2.2.1 Power Installed Capacity of India -- 2.2.2 Energy Storage Systems -- 2.2.3 Thermal Storage Systems -- 2.3 Energy Demand of World -- 2.4 Experimental Set Up -- 2.4.1 Description of Experimental Set Ups -- 2.5 Experimental Data Analysis, Results and Discussions -- 2.5.1 Performance of Reflector Round the Year (Experimental Set up I) -- 2.6 Experimental Data Analysis, Results and Discussions -- 2.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References, 3. Efficient Energy Storage Systems for Wind Power Application -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Energy Storage Devices -- 3.2.1 Electrical Energy Storage -- 3.2.2 Mechanical Energy Storage -- 3.2.3 Chemical Energy Storage -- 3.2.4 Thermal Energy Storage -- 3.3 Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) -- 3.4 Power Converter Topologies for Hybrid Energy Storage -- 3.4.1 Passive Topology -- 3.4.2 Semi-Active Topology -- 3.4.3 Active Topology -- 3.4.4 Comparison of Different Topologies -- 3.5 HESS Energy Management and Control -- 3.5.1 HESS Control Schemes -- 3.5.2 Comparison of Different Control Schemes, 3.6 Applications of the Storage Technologies in Wind Power -- 3.6.1 Power Fluctuation Mitigation -- 3.6.2 Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) -- 3.6.3 Voltage Control Support -- 3.6.4 Oscillation Damping -- 3.6.5 Peak Shaving -- 3.6.6 Spinning Reserve -- 3.6.7 Time Shifting -- 3.6.8 Transmission Line Curtailment -- 3.6.9 Load Following -- 3.6.10 Unit Commitment -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- 4. Advances in Electrochemical Energy Storage Device: Supercapacitor -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Types of Energy Storage Devices -- 4.3 Overview of Supercapacitor and Its Global Scenario, and 4.4 Status of Supercapacitor in India -- 4.5 Types of Supercapacitor According to the Energy Storage Mechanism -- 4.5.1 Electrical Double-Layer Capacitor (EDLC) -- 4.5.2 Pseudocapacitor -- 4.5.3 Hybrid Supercapacitor -- 4.6 Basic Components of Supercapacitor -- 4.6.1 Current Collector -- 4.6.2 Electrode Materials -- 4.6.3 Electrolytes -- 4.6.4 Binders -- 4.6.5 Separators -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5. Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Cooling and Heating Applications -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Classification of Storage Systems -- 5.3 Sensible Heat Storage -- 5.3.1 Water-Based Storage
