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MJ2532 Energy Storage - Systems and Applications 5.0 credits

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This course covers the need for a compact course based on basic knowledge of both technology and application areas of various proven solutions as well as a summary of materials technology and the need for further development of materials and systems for energy storage. An overview is given covering principles, design parameters, material production and innovation, peripherals, ro.ro. The focus is particularly onthe possibilities for integration and interweaving of several energy storage technologies together with the majority of energy conversion methods and various power plants within the future electricity grid.

Information per course offering

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Termin

Information for Spring 2026 Start 13 Jan 2026 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
13 Jan 2026 - 1 Jun 2026
Periods
P3 (2.5 hp), P4 (2.5 hp)
Pace of study

17%

Application code

60756

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
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Number of places

Places are not limited

Target group

Only for TMESM program students, not for exchange students

Planned modular schedule
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Schedule
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Contact

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Teachers
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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus MJ2532 (Spring 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus MJ2532 (Spring 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

This course gives basic knowledge about the principles and the application of proven techniques and methods for energy storage and the refinement trends for this whole subject area. The need of such a profiled course is large, especially regarding condensed knowledge and specific understanding of the important role that energy storage is expected to play in our future energy systems. The course is a supplement to and a direct continuation of already studied courses about energy resources and energy technology where an extended view on energy storage together with material technology and material production is also needed.

The technological aspect involves knowledge from the subject areas of mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, chemical engineering and electrical engineering, with an emphasis on the synergy between them and on the role that the different methods for energy storage combined can play in innovative energy systems of the future.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Estimate the need of energy storage in a closed system, suggest suitable methods and technologies for energy storage solutions and carry out calculations on such systems.
  2. Identify techniques and materials for energy storage and their typical application fields and advantages and disadvantages or limitations.
  3. Figure out development needs, potential improvements, innovation possibilities.
  4. Assess promising integration aspects between different energy storage solutions together with different power stations in hybrid energy transformation systems
  5. Carry out techno-economic calculations of energy storage solutions separately or in connection with their integration with power producers in the energy system.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Degree of Bachelor (BSc) or the equivalent

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • TEN1 - Written examination, 2.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • ÖVN1 - Exercise, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • ÖVN2 - Exercise, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ITM/Heat and Power Technology

Main field of study

Mechanical Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary information

Repleces course MJ2419 "Energy Storage Systems"

Only for students within the programme TMESM