An Overview of Future Energy Storage Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB)

Abstract

Energy storage analysis is the backbone of power system analysis and design. The Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) is one of the foremost promising electrochemical energy storage systems considered to be suitable for an honest range of renewable energy applications, which stores electric energy by changing the oxidation numbers of anolyte and catholyte through redox reaction. This chapter covers the basic principles of vanadium redox flow batteries, component technologies, flow configurations, operation strategies. This thesis reviews several different types of batteries along with its advantages and disadvantages. Further, this thesis focuses on the electrochemistry of Redox Flow Batteries, most recent developments, its applications and a case study. The significance of this study is to figure out a possible comparison between the available energy storage system now a days & adopting the most feasible and efficient energy storage system. From the observation and research, it has been highlighted that vanadium redox flow battery can be the long lasting & recyclable energy storage of future[1]. Besides, there are few limitations & findings of recent researcher pointed that adopting of the VRFB for some particular application are not feasible that have been reviewed.