Long-life nickel iron battery functionality / cost comparison for peak demand SWER network voltage support application

Author

Helwig, Andreas ; Ahfock, Tony

Author_Institution

Fac. of Health, Eng. & Sci., USQ, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept. 29 2013-Oct. 3 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

SWER line voltage sags, if network upgrade is not possible, eventually require active power injection as one of the intervention technologies. Active power support can be provided by many technologies, and some of these involve battery energy storage. Nickel-iron Edison batteries are an often little known or understood battery. Compared to three other commonly available industrial batteries, and despite their design being over 100 years old, they are a still a long-life contender for large stationary battery energy storage systems. Continuing research into their design may even further improve their performance.

Keywords

power distribution economics; power supply quality; secondary cells; SWER line voltage sag; active power injection; battery energy storage; cost comparison; functionality comparison; long life nickel iron battery; nickel-iron Edison battery; peak demand SWER network voltage support application; single wire earth return network; Batteries; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Fires; Iron; Nickel; US Department of Defense; Nickel-iron battery; SWER line; life costs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2013 Australasian Universities

Conference_Location

Hobart, TAS

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUPEC.2013.6725377

Filename

6725377