Reliability estimation of second life battery system power electronic topologies for grid frequency response applications

Nilanjan Mukherjee, Dani Strickland, Andrew Cross, William Hung

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Abstract

This paper is part of a project which aims to research the opportunities for the re-use of batteries after their primary use in low and ultra low carbon vehicles on the electricity grid system. One potential revenue stream is to provide primary/secondary/high frequency response to National Grid through market mechanisms via DNO's or Energy service providers. Some commercial battery energy storage systems (BESS) already exist on the grid system, but these tend to use costly new or high performance batteries. Second life batteries should be available at lower cost than new batteries but reliability becomes an important issue as individual batteries may suffer from degraded performance or failure. Therefore converter topology design could be used to influence the overall system reliability. A detailed reliability calculation of different single phase battery-to-grid converter interfacing schemes is presented. A suitable converter topology for robust and reliable BESS is recommended.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th IET international conference on power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD 2012)
PublisherIEEE
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
Volume2012
Edition592 CP
ISBN (Print)978-1-84919-616-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event6th IET international conference on power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD 2012) - Bristol, United Kingdom
Duration: 27 Mar 201229 Mar 2012

Conference

Conference6th IET international conference on power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD 2012)
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBristol
Period27/03/1229/03/12

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Keywords

  • BESS
  • frequency response
  • reliability
  • second-life batteries

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