Search for dissertations about: "lithium environmental batteries"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the words lithium environmental batteries.
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1. Taking stock of large-scale lithium-ion battery production using life cycle assessment
Abstract : Battery electric vehicles are being increasingly favored as an alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). This is mainly due to their lower environmental impact when compared to ICEVs over the vehicle’s lifetime. READ MORE
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2. Environmental Assessment of Emerging Technologies: The Case of Nanomaterials for Energy Systems
Abstract : This thesis contributes to the development of methodologies for assessing the potential environmental performance of emerging or future technologies. The chosen empirical field is the study of nanotechnologies for energy systems. READ MORE
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3. Foresight and Feedback: Monitoring and assessing the environmental implications of emerging technologies
Abstract : The magnitude of the change required to approach sustainability indicates an effort that will have to be sustained over decades, during which vast new technology systems will have to be developed and deployed. Yet technological development is a double edged sword, and these efforts will inevitably incur unintended consequences. READ MORE
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4. Lithium-ion batteries for off-grid PV-systems
Abstract : This thesis provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis on the effect ofthe battery operation strategy on the lifetime of commercial lithium-ionbatteries and on the economics of off-grid photovoltaic (PV)-batterysystems.Lithium-ion batteries play a key role in the transition to a fossil-freesociety. READ MORE
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5. Environmental Assessment of Battery Systems: Critical Issues for Established and Emerging Technologies
Abstract : Energy and material flows associated with portable and industrial rechargeable batteries have been quantified in a life-cycle perspective, as guidance for development of battery systems. The study included portable batteries based on nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion. READ MORE