Electric Energy Storage Systems, Winter Semester

The course conveys the skills necessary to choose between and use different electrical energy storages

After successfully completing this course …

• You will have an overview of the different application areas for various electrical energy storages and the associated business models;
• You will understand the parameters that are important for characterizing different storages and storage applications and will be able to calculate them;
• You will know the most important storage technologies, will be able to explain their functionality and will know their different characteristics and areas of application;
• You will understand a simplified simulation model for the description of the operating behavior of storage systems (unified energy model) and will be able to use this to calculate storage operations (via MS Excel);
• You will know the fundamental concepts regarding the operation of energy storages and will be able to formulate minimum operating strategies for specific cases;
• You will have an overview of the approaches for choosing the proper technology and its dimensions.