Title :
Electric vehicle battery — Wind storage system
Author :
Patten, John ; Christensen, Nathan ; Nola, Gary ; Srivastava, Steven
Author_Institution :
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Abstract :
The proposed concept utilizes the electric vehicle (EV) battery waste stream as a means to store wind energy in order to increase wind energy capacity factor, improve utilization, and make more efficient use of EV batteries prior to recycling. Michigan is an ideal location for such a facility because many of the battery and automotive manufacturers are located within the state. A 200 MW wind farm can charge a battery farm which consists of all reject and post-consumer batteries and all EVs located in Michigan by 2015. Michigan is on track to meet a 10% renewable portfolio by 2015 with over 1100 MW of planned new wind projects to be installed by that time. Therefore, Michigan has an adequate amount of wind capacity to charge the EV battery wind-storage facility and all of Michigan consumer EVs.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; recycling; renewable energy sources; secondary cells; wind power plants; Michigan; automotive manufacturers; battery farm charge; battery manufacturers; electric vehicle battery; power 200 MW; recycling; renewable portfolio; utilization; waste stream; wind energy capacity factor; wind farm; wind storage system; Batteries; Manufacturing; Portfolios; Production; Recycling; Renewable energy resources; Wind energy;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-248-6
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2011.6043111
