The Science of AI for Energy Storage presents a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between artificial intelligence and energy storage technologies.
The Science of AI for Energy Storage presents a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and energy storage technologies. This book provides a detailed analysis of energy storage systems, including mechanical, electrochemical, chemical, electrical, and thermal solutions, while emphasizing the transformative role of AI and machine learning in optimizing these technologies. By integrating foundational principles with cutting-edge advancements, the book delivers a robust framework for understanding the design, application, and sustainability of modern energy storage systems. Written in the author’s hallmark conversational yet scientifically rigorous style, the work bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering invaluable insights for energy professionals, engineers, policymakers, and academics.
- Explores the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in optimizing energy storage systems, including batteries, supercapacitors, and pumped hydro storage.
- Examines a wide range of storage technologies—mechanical, electrochemical, chemical, electrical, and thermal—ensuring a thorough understanding of current and future solutions.
- Highlights the role of energy storage in achieving sustainability goals and addresses the challenges of integrating AI to meet growing global energy demands efficiently.
Preface
About the Author
Acronyms/Abbreviations/Units/Conversions
Energy Storage Practitioners Toolbox
Energy Storage by Other Terms
Prologue
PART 1 THE BASICS
CHAPTER 1 THE GRAND CHALLENGE & THE 10-HOUR RULE
CHAPTER 2 AI & THE CONNECTED MINDSET
CHAPTER 3 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICITY
Chapter 4 BATTERY TERMINOLOGY
PART 2 ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
Chapter 5 LEAD-ACID STORAGE BATTERIES
Chapter 6 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
Chapter 7 FLOW BATTERIES
Chapter 8 ZINC BATTERIES
Chapter 9 SODIUM BATTERIES
Chapter 10 FLYWHEEL ENERGY
Chapter 11 COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY
Chapter 12 THERMAL ENERGY
Chapter 13 SUPERCAPACITORS
Chapter 14 Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cells
Chapter 15 The Water Battery
Chapter 16 GEO-ENERGY
Chapter 17 GRAVITY BATTERIES
PART 3 PHYSICAL SECURITY & CYBERSECURITY OF ENERGY
Chapter 18 Energy Storage Security
Chapter 19 SCADA AND ENERGY
Chapter 20 SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE
Glossary
Frank R. Spellman is a retired U.S. Naval Officer with 26 years of active duty, a retired Environmental Safety & Health Manager for a large Wastewater Sanitation District in Virginia, and a retired Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. The author/co-author of more than 160 books, Spellman consults on environmental matters with the U.S. Department of Justice and various law firms and environmental entities throughout the globe. Spellman holds a BA in Public Administration, BS in Business Management, an MBA, and an MS/PhD in Environmental Engineering. In 2011/2012, he traced and documented the ancient water distribution system at Machu Pichu, Peru, and surveyed several drinking water resources in Coco and Amazonia, Ecuador. He also studied and surveyed two separate potable water supplies in the Galapagos Islands.