Thermal battery cost scaling analysis: minimizing the cost per kW h
Jordan D. Kocher, Jason Woods, Adewale Odukomaiya, Allison Mahvi, Shannon K. Yee
Abstract
Thermal and cost-scaling analyses provide the tools to optimize the geometry of thermal batteries based on cost. Figures-of-merit comprised of storage material properties are derived as the quantities that should be maximized when different components dominate cost.
Topics & Concepts
ScalingThermalBattery (electricity)Figure of meritCost analysisNuclear engineeringEnvironmental scienceComputer scienceProcess engineeringReliability engineeringMaterials scienceEngineeringMathematicsPower (physics)ThermodynamicsPhysicsGeometryOptoelectronicsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies