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Energy Storage

Energy Storage

Developing Solutions for Sustainable Energy Storage
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Our challenge

Embark on an exciting journey in our Sustainable Energy Storage, course, partnering with industry leaders Shell and Enodes. This challenge invites you to shape the future of energy and create sustainable energy storage solutions. In diverse student teams, you will explore optimal solutions for energy storage applications in electricity, heat, and transport sectors. Learn to evaluate storage processes, collaborate effectively in teams, and discover challenges and bottlenecks in various technologies. From fundamental principles to advanced applications like electrochemical storage and power-to-fuel technologies, this course is your gateway to innovation in the world of energy. Join us in this course to redefine the landscape of sustainable energy.

Study format
Online
Application period
21 December 2023 – 20 January 2024
Study period
4 February – 26 April 2024
Credits
5 ECTS
Pace
30%
Hosting university
University of Twente
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Learning outcomes

Identify the optimal solutions to any potential energy storage application

Whether in the electrical, heat or transport sector

ESCO SKILLS

Determine the main parameters of a storage system

By applying thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer and chemistry.

ESCO SKILLS

Able to evaluate the storage process -based on mass and energy balances, calculation of efficiencies

ESCO SKILLS

Cooperate in a team to discover challenges and bottlenecks in the application of each technologies

ESCO SKILLS

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Information

The core challenge (the ‘big idea’) is to create sustainable energy storage solutions for the companies Shell and Enodes. Each student team defines their own challenge, which is related to the core challenge covering the objective of the course and also their personal interests (engage). Each student team will work on different challenges and will therefore come up with different end products.

This course is conducted fully online in order for ECIU students to participate.

Aims

This course aims to enable students to :

  • Identify the optimal solutions to any potential energy storage application, whether in the electrical, heat or transport sector
  • Determine the main parameters of a storage system by applying thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer and chemistry
  • Able to evaluate the storage process (based on mass and energy balances, calculation of efficiencies)
  • Cooperate in a team to discover challenges and bottlenecks in the application of each technologies

Content

  • Basic theory behind different energy storage systems and working principles of all types of energy storage systems;
  • Advantages and disadvantages of different energy storage systems applied in practical situations and compare the engineering problems;
  • Sensible heat storage systems used for thermal energy storage;
  • The potential of phase change materials and chemical reaction systems for thermal energy storage;
  • Electrochemical energy storage (batteries, flow batteries, etc);
  • Photocatalysis (theory, application and engineering)
  • Mechanical storage (fly wheel, compressed air, pumped hydro);
  • Power to fuel (hydrogen, ammonia, liquid fuels);

When you have defined your challenge, at the end of the engage phase, the teachers check: 

  1. Whether the challenge meets the requirements;
  2. Whether it is feasible to complete the challenge within the given time;
  3. And if all course-specific elements come back in the challenge, meaning that they work on the challenge by having the learning objective of the course in mind.

The end product of your challenge must always be (an) energy storage solution(s), delivered by a 10 page report and a 15 minute presentation.

Hosting university

University of Twente

University of Twente

Challenge providers

Shell
Enodes