Can electric vehicles be used as mobile energy storage devices?

One path to this future state is to use electric vehicles as mobile energy storage devices to solve the growing challenge of storing excess clean energy for use during periods of peak demand.

What is a hybrid energy storage system?

1.2.3.5. Hybrid energy storage system (HESS) The energy storage system (ESS) is essential for EVs. EVs need a lot of various features to drive a vehicle such as high energy density, power density, good life cycle, and many others but these features can't be fulfilled by an individual energy storage system.

What is the most emerging transportation system?

The most emerging transportation system, i.e., EV, is also described as an automobile vehicle that develops through the electric propulsion system. Due to this, EVs may include hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) (Singh et al., 2006).

How EV is a road vehicle?

EVs are not only a road vehicle but also a new technology of electric equipment for our society, thus providing clean and efficient road transportation. The system architecture of EV includes mechanical structure, electrical and electronic transmission which supplies energy and information system to control the vehicle.

What are the challenges faced by mobile energy recovery and storage technologies?

There are a number of challenges for these mobile energy recovery and storage technologies. Among main ones are - The lack of existing infrastructure and services for multi-vector energy EV charging.

What are thermal energy storage technologies?

Thermal energy storage technologies enable the desired heat or coldness to originate from centralised thermal generating facilities (with a higher system level efficiency due to shorter conversion and transmission chain) instead of a standalone on-board air conditioning system (with a lower system level efficiency).