Blue Acid/Base Battery: Storage and recovery of renewable electrical energy by reversible salt water dissociation

Project Information

BAoBaB

Grant agreement ID: 731187

DOI 10.3030/731187

Project closed

EC signature date 21 April 2017

Start date 1 May 2017

End date 31 July 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 3 998 750,00

EU contribution € 3 998 750,00

Coordinated by

STICHTING WETSUS, EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY
Netherlands

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Presentation prototype

Task 6.4 A table-size presentation prototype.

Workshop 1

Task 6.3 Intermediate workshop

Website

Task 6.1 A website including information about the project and links to other digital dissemination media.

Workshop 2

Task 63 Final workshop

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

The Acid–Base Flow Battery: Sustainable Energy Storage via Reversible Water Dissociation with Bipolar Membranes

Author(s): Ragne Pärnamäe, Luigi Gurreri, Jan Post, Willem Johannes van Egmond, Andrea Culcasi, Michel Saakes, Jiajun Cen, Emil Goosen, Alessandro Tamburini, David A. Vermaas, Michele Tedesco
Published in: Membranes, Issue 10/12, 2020, Page(s) 409, ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
DOI: 10.3390/membranes10120409

Environmental Assessment of Electrochemical Energy Storage Device Manufacturing to Identify Drivers for Attaining Goals of Sustainable Materials 4.0

Author(s): Maryori Díaz-Ramírez, Víctor Ferreira, Tatiana García-Armingol, Ana López-Sabirón, Germán Ferreira
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/1, 2020, Page(s) 342, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12010342

Battery Manufacturing Resource Assessment to Minimise Component Production Environmental Impacts

Author(s): Maryori C. Díaz-Ramírez, Victor J. Ferreira, Tatiana García-Armingol, Ana M. López-Sabirón, Germán Ferreira
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/17, 2020, Page(s) 6840, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12176840

Bipolar membrane reverse electrodialysis for the sustainable recovery of energy from pH gradients of industrial wastewater: Performance prediction by a validated process model

Author(s): Andrea Culcasi, Luigi Gurreri, Giorgio Micale, Alessandro Tamburini
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 287, 2021, Page(s) 112319, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112319

Energy Harvesting by Waste Acid/Base Neutralization via Bipolar Membrane Reverse Electrodialysis

Author(s): Andrea Zaffora, Andrea Culcasi, Luigi Gurreri, Alessandro Cosenza, Alessandro Tamburini, Monica Santamaria, Giorgio Micale
Published in: Energies, Issue 13/20, 2020, Page(s) 5510, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en13205510

Entanglement-Enhanced Water Dissociation in Bipolar Membranes with 3D Electrospun Junction and Polymeric Catalyst

Author(s): Emad Al-Dhubhani, Hendrik Swart, Zandrie Borneman, Kitty Nijmeijer, Michele Tedesco, Jan W. Post, Michel Saakes
Published in: ACS Applied Energy Materials, Issue 4/4, 2021, Page(s) 3724-3736, ISSN 2574-0962
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00151

Power Grid Integration and Use-Case Study of Acid-Base Flow Battery Technology

Author(s): Jesús Muñoz-Cruzado-Alba, Rossano Musca, Javier Ballestín-Fuertes, José F. Sanz-Osorio, David Miguel Rivas-Ascaso, Michael P. Jones, Angelo Catania, Emil Goosen
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 13/11, 2021, Page(s) 6089, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su13116089

Electrodialysis Applications in Wastewater Treatment for Environmental Protection and Resources Recovery: A Systematic Review on Progress and Perspectives

Author(s): Luigi Gurreri, Alessandro Tamburini, Andrea Cipollina, Giorgio Micale
Published in: Membranes, Issue 10/7, 2020, Page(s) 146, ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
DOI: 10.3390/membranes10070146

An acid‐doped ice membrane for selective proton transport

Author(s): Tom Sleutels, Iosif Kaniadakis, Olaniyi Oladimeji, Harm Kooij, Annemiek Heijne, Michel Saakes
Published in: International Journal of Energy Research, Issue 45/5, 2021, Page(s) 8041-8048, ISSN 0363-907X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/er.6322

Mass transfer in ducts with transpiring walls

Author(s): M. Ciofalo, M. Di Liberto, L. Gurreri, M. La Cerva, L. Scelsi, G. Micale
Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Issue 132, 2019, Page(s) 1074-1086, ISSN 0017-9310
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.12.059

Bipolar membranes: A review on principles, latest developments, and applications

Author(s): R. Pärnamäe, S. Mareev, V. Nikonenko, S. Melnikov, N. Sheldeshov, V. Zabolotskii, H.V.M. Hamelers, M. Tedesco
Published in: Journal of Membrane Science, Issue 617, 2021, Page(s) 118538, ISSN 0376-7388
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118538

On the modelling of an Acid/Base Flow Battery: An innovative electrical energy storage device based on pH and salinity gradients

Author(s): Andrea Culcasi, Luigi Gurreri, Andrea Zaffora, Alessandro Cosenza, Alessandro Tamburini, Giorgio Micale
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 277, 2020, Page(s) 115576, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115576

Ionic shortcut currents via manifolds in reverse electrodialysis stacks

Author(s): A. Culcasi, L. Gurreri, A. Zaffora, A. Cosenza, A. Tamburini, A. Cipollina, G. Micale
Published in: Desalination, Issue 485, 2020, Page(s) 114450, ISSN 0011-9164
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114450

Performance of five commercial bipolar membranes under forward and reverse bias conditions for acid-base flow battery applications

Author(s): Emad Al-Dhubhani, Ragne Pärnamäe, Jan W. Post, Michel Saakes, Michele Tedesco
Published in: Journal of Membrane Science, 2021, Page(s) 119748, ISSN 0376-7388
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119748

Conference proceedings (1)

Effect of Design Features and Operating Conditions on the Performance of a Bipolar Membrane-Based Acid/Base Flow Battery

Author(s): A. Culcasi, L. Gurreri, A. Tamburini, A. Cipollina, G. Micale
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Issue 86, 2021
Publisher: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering AIDIC
DOI: 10.3303/cet2186232

Other (2)

Acid/Base Flow Battery Environmental and Economic Performance based on its potential service to support Wind and PV installations

Author(s): Maryori C. Díaz-Ramírez, Maria Blecua-de-Pedro, Alvaro J. Arnal and Jan Post
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021
Publisher: Elsevier

Assessment of potential barriers towards the implementation of an innovative AB-FB energy storage system under a sustainable perspective

Author(s): Maria Blecua-de-Pedro, Maryori C. Díaz-Ramírez
Published in: Sustainability, 2021
Publisher: MDPI