TY - CHAP
T1 - Small-Size Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: An Environmental Sustainability Analysis via LCA
AU - L’abbate, Pasqua
AU - Dassisti, Michele
AU - Olabi, Abdul G.
PY - 2018/12/15
Y1 - 2018/12/15
N2 - Electrical energy production from renewable sources has dramatically grown in the recent years in the developed countries, putting the hard problem to be solved of supply discontinuity. How to reach high efficiency and reliability of electrical energy storage system is thus now one of the most challenging goals to be reached: among all, one of the most simple and widespread to use is the electrochemical storage systems. This paper analyzes the sustainability of a small vanadium redox flow battery performed by an LCA approach. This electrical energy storage system was selected for its significant advantages in use, such as the almost infinite lifetime of the vanadium electrolytes, which represent a potentially significant advantage in terms of a sustainable future made of less fossil fuels and more renewable energy. In fact, the LCA analysis performed shows that the production of the battery has a moderate impact, including the effect toxicity while at the end of life, the material and the electrolyte are completely reusable with a small fraction that goes to landfill disposal.
AB - Electrical energy production from renewable sources has dramatically grown in the recent years in the developed countries, putting the hard problem to be solved of supply discontinuity. How to reach high efficiency and reliability of electrical energy storage system is thus now one of the most challenging goals to be reached: among all, one of the most simple and widespread to use is the electrochemical storage systems. This paper analyzes the sustainability of a small vanadium redox flow battery performed by an LCA approach. This electrical energy storage system was selected for its significant advantages in use, such as the almost infinite lifetime of the vanadium electrolytes, which represent a potentially significant advantage in terms of a sustainable future made of less fossil fuels and more renewable energy. In fact, the LCA analysis performed shows that the production of the battery has a moderate impact, including the effect toxicity while at the end of life, the material and the electrolyte are completely reusable with a small fraction that goes to landfill disposal.
UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-93740-3_5
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-93740-3_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-93740-3_5
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-93739-7
T3 - Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy Technologies
SP - 61
EP - 78
BT - Small-Size Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: An Environmental Sustainability Analysis via LCA
PB - Springer
ER -