Title :
20 MW battery power conditioning system for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Author_Institution :
Gen. Electr. Co., Salem, VA, USA
Abstract :
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) determined that their current distribution system was unsatisfactory for its customers in 1988. The system utilizes automatic load shedding for frequency regulation during the loss of a large generating station. This frequency excursion occurs within seconds after the trip. As a result of these occurrences, PREPA proceeded to evaluate several types of energy storage technologies and the installation of gas turbines to stabilize their system and improve overall system response. This paper describes the power conversion system and the methodology PREPA used to determine the technical and economic advantages of a battery energy storage system
Keywords :
battery storage plants; distribution networks; economics; electricity supply industry; energy storage; power convertors; power system control; power system stability; secondary cells; 20 MW; Puerto Rico; automatic load shedding; battery energy storage system; distribution system; electric utility; frequency excursion; frequency regulation; generating station loss; power conditioning; power conversion; power system stabilisation; techno-economic analysis; Batteries; Current distribution; Energy states; Energy storage; Frequency control; Harmonic distortion; Manufacturing; Power conditioning; Power harmonic filters; Turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1995., Proceedings of the Tenth Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2459-5
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1995.398533
