Storage of electrical energy
Becrux:
24/08/2008 Silver lining [Web]
19/05/2008 Short and long term storage [Web]
Some Pharoz posts:
19/05/2007 Dynamic electro-magnetic storage [Web]
12/01/2007 Wave packets [Web]
12/11/2006 Sailing on virtual waves [Web]
11/10/2006 Hot potato, hot potato [Web]
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Another idea for storing electrical energy. Capacitors can hold small amounts of electrical energy with little loss. When holding higher energies over time capacitors can fail, so the idea is to store high amounts of energy in capacitors for short amounts of time so that the capacitors do not become damaged. Pulses of electrical energy are stored by sending them circling through cycles of capacitors (and solenoids). This would involve large currents so it would have to be at superconducting temperatures. The question is whether you could configure such a complex system to hold large amounts of electrical energy, with a good energy density as compared to conventional fuels and storage methods. You would also have to consider the overheads of controlling such systems and keeping them at superconducting temperatures. I suspect that it may take some time to arrive at the point where such systems are commercially viable, if it were possible. It’s worth considering the idea at least.
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