ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES. MAIN TYPES AND PROSPECTS OF APPLICATION

Abstract

The article considers energy storage equipment as a key element of the power supply chain. The need to accumulate energy arose at the beginning of the creation of energy networks and, with the development of technologies for the production, transmission and consumption of energy, the relevance of the creation and rational use of storage devices is growing. Quite a few types of storage devices have already been created, some of them are quite widely used, many are still at the testing stage, but have good chances for development and integration into power systems of various types. The article attempts to analyze the main types of energy storage devices, which differ from each other in the way of accumulation, energy, type of energy, storage time, accumulated power, etc. and summarizes their main characteristics in order to compare them with each other. 
 The results obtained in this article will allow us to pre-select a certain type of energy storage device depending on the power system that is being designed, which will make it possible to most rationally manage energy flows in the process of transmission, energy storage and its supply to the grid.