Energy Storage Techniques for the Electrical Energy Transmission System (Ohio Timed & Monitored)

In Energy Storage Techniques for the Electrical Energy Transmission System, you'll learn ...

• Why energy storage techniques are needed
• The operating principle of various energy storage techniques
• The advantages/disadvantages of the various energy storage techniques

Overview

To meet the Ohio Board's intent that online courses be "paced" by the provider, a timer will be used to record your study time. You will be unable to access the quiz until the required study time of 50 minutes has been met.

Credit: 1 PDH

Length: 24 pages

Energy storage has become very important as electrical energy generation is changing from traditional techniques to renewable techniques. One problem with many renewable energy techniques is that the source is not usually available 100% of the time—the sun doesn’t shine all day, the wind is not always blowing, and even hydro and hydrokinetic energy depends upon rainfall, which is not consistently available everywhere, even where rainfall is expected on a regular basis. Snowmelt is seasonably dependable but only lasts for a limited time.

The electrical grid must be able to supply electrical energy when and where it is needed. In this course, you’ll learn about many of the energy storage techniques that are used by the electrical energy transmission system. With new ideas of how to store energy being explored, this field is rapidly changing. However, the basic principles hold. There are electrical, chemical, thermodynamic, and mechanical ways to store energy. In this course, we’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of various energy storage devices.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe capacitors as energy storage devices and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Explain rechargeable batteries as energy storage devices and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Identify thermal energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Recognize pumped water energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Summarize flywheels as energy storage devices and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Interpret the use of electrolysis for energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Characterize the use of liquid air for energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Outline the use of pumped thermal systems for energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• Distinguish the use of superconducting inductors for energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.
• List advanced rail systems used for energy storage with sufficient accuracy to distinguish it from related concepts.
• Classify the use of compressed air for energy storage and demonstrate understanding through an assessment question or scenario.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 12 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.