Outline of energy storage

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to energy storage:

Energy storage – accomplished by devices or physical media that store some form of energy to perform some useful operation at a later time. A device that stores energy is sometimes called an accumulator.

Types of energy storage

• Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
• Superconducting magnetic energy storage
• flow batteries
• Conventional batteries (e.g. rechargeable electricity storage system)
• Gas holder
• Grid energy storage
• Fuel cell and hydrogen technology
• Gravitational mass
• Capacitors (e.g. rechargeable electricity storage system)
• Electromagnetic mass
• Mainspring
• Thermal energy storage
• Solar chimney
• Compressed fluids (e.g. compressed air)
• flywheels
• Vacuum storage (in rush generation technology)

History of energy storage

Main article: History of energy storage

General energy storage concepts

1. Using a high density magnetic field. Energy $E$ in terms of magnetic field strength $B$ is

$E = \frac{1}{2}B^2 = \frac{1}{2}Li^2$

where $L$ is the inductance of the electromagnet and $i$ is the current.

See also

• Topic outline of energy development
• List of energy topics

External links

• U.S. Dept of Energy - Energy Storage Systems Government research center on energy storage technology.