Government, industry, and utility development and evaluation of a modular utility battery energy storage system

Author

Ball, Greg J. ; Corey, Garth ; Norris, Benjamin L.

Author_Institution

Electrotek Concepts Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

Volume

10

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

549

Lastpage

554

Abstract

A prototype 250 kVA modular battery energy storage system was developed and tested for utility peak-shaving applications-in a cooperative Department of Energy, industry, and utility project. The system consists of battery- and converter-integrated modules with AC terminals. Data on the system´s energy capacity, power quality, power factor, auxiliary power, thermal regulation, speed of response, and islanding and other protective measures are presented. A simple method of identifying the presence of a defective battery was revealed during the test period

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; battery storage plants; electricity supply industry; energy storage; invertors; power factor; power supply quality; project engineering; secondary cells; 250 kVA; AC terminals; USA; applications; auxiliary power; defective battery identification; electric utility peak-shaving; energy capacity; islanding protection; modular battery energy storage system; power converter; power factor; power quality; projects; response speed; thermal regulation; Battery charge measurement; Energy measurement; Energy storage; Government; Power quality; Power system protection; Prototypes; Reactive power; System testing; Thermal factors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Location

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.464881

Filename

464881