**Meet the editor**

Ahmed Faheem Zobaa received the B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical power and machines from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1992, 1997, and 2002, respectively. From 2007 to 2010, he was a Senior Lecturer in renewable energy with the University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK. He was also an Instructor from 1992 to 1997, a Teaching Assistant from 1997 to 2002,

and an Assistant Professor from 2003 to April 2008 with the Department of Electrical Power and Machines and the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, where he has also been an Associate Professor since April 2008. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in power systems with Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK. His main areas of expertise are power quality, photovoltaic energy, wind energy, marine renewable energy, grid integration, and energy management.

Dr. Zobaa is Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology. He is also an Editorial Board member, Editor, Associate Editor, and Editorial Advisory Board member for many international journals. He is a registered Chartered Engineer, European Engineer, and International Professional Engineer. He is also a registered member of the Engineering Council UK, Egypt Syndicate of Engineers, and the Egyptian Society of Engineers. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Energy Institute of UK, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and the Higher Education Academy of UK. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a member of the International Solar Energy Society, the European Society for Engineering Education, the European Power Electronics and Drives Association, and the IEEE Standards Association.

Contents

Chapter 1 **Techno-Economic Analysis** 

**of Different Energy Storage Technologies 1** 

Chapter 2 **Estimation of Energy Storage and Its Feasibility Analysis 41**  Mohammad Taufiqul Arif, Amanullah M. T. Oo

Haisheng Chen, Xinjing Zhang, Jinchao Liu and Chunqing Tan

**Series-Connected Lithium-Ion Cells and Supercapacitors 149** 

Hussein Ibrahim and Adrian Ilinca

and A. B. M. Shawkat Ali

Chapter 3 **Electrochemical Energy Storage 79**  Petr Krivik and Petr Baca

Chapter 4 **Compressed Air Energy Storage 101** 

Chapter 6 **Analysis and Control of** 

Masatoshi Uno

Chapter 5 **The Future of Energy Storage Systems 113** 

Luca Petricca, Per Ohlckers and Xuyuan Chen

**Flywheel Energy Storage Systems 131**  Yong Xiao, Xiaoyu Ge and Zhe Zheng

Chapter 7 **Single- and Double-Switch Cell Voltage Equalizers for** 

**on High Power Pulse Transformer Charging 177** 

**and Distributed Generation Interfaced Systems 219** 

Chapter 8 **Hybrid Energy Storage and Applications Based** 

George Cristian Lazaroiu and Sonia Leva

Chapter 10 *In-Situ* **Dynamic Characterization of Energy Storage** 

Ying Zhu, Wenhua H. Zhu and Bruce J. Tatarchuk

**and Conversion Systems 239** 

Yu Zhang and Jinliang Liu

Chapter 9 **Low Voltage DC System with Storage** 

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## Chapter 11 **Dynamic Energy Storage Management for Dependable Renewable Electricity Generation 271**

#### Ruddy Blonbou, Stéphanie Monjoly and Jean-Louis Bernard

#### Chapter 12 **Dynamic Modelling of Advanced Battery Energy Storage System for Grid-Tied AC Microgrid Applications 295**  Antonio Ernesto Sarasua, Marcelo Gustavo Molina and Pedro Enrique Mercado
