Owing to high electrical conductivity and ability reversibly host a variety of inserted ions, 2D metallic molybdenum disulfide (1T-MoS2) has demonstrated promising energy storage performance when used as supercapacitor electrode. However, its charge mechanism is still not fully understood, in particular, how the interlayer spacing 1T-MoS2 would affect capacitive performance. In this work, molec...

In power systems, energy storage effectively improves the reliability of the system and smooths out the fluctuations of intermittent energy. However, the installed capacity value of energy storage cannot effectively measure the contribution of energy storage to the generator adequacy of power systems. To achieve a variety of purposes, several control strategies may be utilized in energy storage...

Title of Dissertation: NANO-ENGINEERING AND SIMULATING ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITORS FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE Lauren Christine Haspert, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation directed by: Professor Gary W. Rubloff Minta Martin Professor of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research Electrical energy storage solutions with significantly h...

It is important to evaluate whether an ice thermal storage system can operate effectively as the way planned at the design stage. While designing an ice thermal storage system, generally, the thermal storage time is calculated by using rated capacity of refrigerator or the heat exchange capacity of ice-on-coil, and the heating capacity time is calculated by using the average ice melting ability...

The study demonstrates that electrospun CNFs are excellent substrates for reversible Mn4+/Mn2+ reactions in a mild buffered aqueous electrolyte with high mMnO2/mCNF ratio and gravimetric capacity.

Algae are considered excellent candidates for renewable fuel sources due to their natural lipid storage capabilities. Robust monitoring of algal fermentation processes and screening for new oil-rich strains requires a fast and reliable protocol for determination of intracellular lipid content. Current practices rely largely on gravimetric methods to determine oil content, techniques developed d...

Floating Content (FC) is a paradigm for localized infrastructure-less content dissemination, that aims at sharing information among nodes within restricted geographical area by relying only on opportunistic exchanges. FC provides the basis probabilistic spatial storage of shared in completely decentralized fashion, usually without support from dedicated infrastructure. One key open issues chara...