IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v8y1983i4p277-282.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Energy storage in a fuel cell with bipolar membranes burning acid and hydroxide

Author

Listed:
  • Emrén, Allan T.
  • Holmström, Vivi J.M.

Abstract

A battery is described, in which bipolar membranes are used to split water into acid and hydroxide. The liquids may be stored for an indefinite time, and energy may be recovered at room temperature. It is shown that the liquids are able to store about 400 kJ/litre, which roughly corresponds to pumping water up to an altitude of 40 km. Bipolar membranes of low area resistance have been made and tested. The area resistance appears to have been 2–3 Ω cm2. A battery containing 7 unit cells has been constructed and tested. The maximum output voltage has been 1.8 V. The cost for energy storage is estimated to range from $0.1 to 2.5 per kWh depending on the mode of operation.

Suggested Citation

  • Emrén, Allan T. & Holmström, Vivi J.M., 1983. "Energy storage in a fuel cell with bipolar membranes burning acid and hydroxide," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 277-282.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:8:y:1983:i:4:p:277-282
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(83)90103-2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0360544283901032
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/0360-5442(83)90103-2?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:8:y:1983:i:4:p:277-282. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.