Sodium-sulfur battery energy storage

Can sodium sulfur battery be used in stationary energy storage?

Sodium sulfur battery is one of the most promising candidates for energy storage applications. This paper describes the basic features of sodium sulfur battery and summarizes the recent development of sodium sulfur battery and its applications in stationary energy storage.

What is a sodium-sulfur battery?

Sodium–sulfur batteries are rechargeable high temperature battery technologies that utilize metallic sodium and offer attractive solutions for many large scale electric utility energy storage applications. Applications include load leveling, power quality and peak shaving, as well as renewable energy management and integration.

Are sodium-sulfur batteries a viable energy storage alternative?

Sodium-sulfur batteries have long offered high potential for grid-scale stationary energy storage, due to their low cost and high theoretical energy density of both sodium and sulfur. However, they have also been seen as an inferior alternative and their widespread use has been limited by low energy capacity and short life cycles.

What are sodium sulfur (NaS) batteries?

Overview Sodium sulfur (NaS) batteries are a type of molten salt electrical energy storage device. Currently the third most installed type of energy storage system in the world with a total of 316 MW worldwide, there are an additional 606 MW (or 3636 MWh) worth of projects in planning.

Are rechargeable room-temperature sodium–sulfur and sodium-selenium batteries suitable for large-scale energy storage?

You have full access to this open access article Rechargeable room-temperature sodium–sulfur (Na–S) and sodium–selenium (Na–Se) batteries are gaining extensive attention for potential large-scale energy storage applications owing to their low cost and high theoretical energy density.

What are the applications of sodium sulfur battery?

Sodium sulfur battery has been adopted in different applications, such as load leveling, emergency power supply and uninterrupted power supply . At this moment, the main obstacles for the large scale applications of sodium sulfur battery is its high production cost which depends greatly on the scale of the battery production.