Lecture: Hydrogen-Bromine Flow Battery for Renewable Energy Storage

Speaker: Turng Van Nguyen, professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas 

Time: June 9th, 2011,14:00 pm-15:30 pm

Venus: F210,Mechanical Building A

Inviter: associate  professor. Qiang Ye(TEL:34206955)
 

ABSTRUCT:

Hydrogen-Bromine Flow Battery for Renewable Energy Storage

Renewable energy sources including wind and solar can supply a significant amount of electrical

energy in the United States and around the world. However, because of their intermittent nature

the potential of these two energy sources can be fully exploited only if a suitable energy storage

system is provided. Considering the requirements of energy capacity, efficiency and cost of this

application, the Hydrogen-Bromine (H2-Br2) flow battery has been identified as one of the most

suitable electrical energy storage systems. The H2-Br2 system has many advantages among

which are extremely fast reaction kinetics, high energy storage capacity, and high reliability.

This presentation will discuss the unique features and the advantages and disadvantages of the

hydrogen-bromine system and show the electrochemical charge and discharge performance

obtained at various temperatures, concentrations and flow conditions.
 

Intruduction of speaker:

Trung Van Nguyen is a Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas. He recently returned to his institution from a two-year service as the Director of the Energy for Sustainability Program at the National Science Foundation. He has a BS from North Carolina State University and MS and PhD from Texas A&M University, all in Chemical Engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Kansas, he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, Associate Director of the Center for Electrochemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, Senior Product & Process Development Engineer at Duracell, and Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Lab. He has contributed 83 publications and 5 patents, given over 150 invited and conference presentations, and received awards both for research and teaching. He is also a founder of two fuel cell start-up companies. His current research is on transport and interfacial phenomena in fuel cells and batteries and mathematical modeling of electrochemical systems.