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Energy storage February 10, 2010 Outline Energy Storage • Types of energy storage and measures • Operation of electric power plants with Larry Caretto limited ability to store electrical energy Mechanical Engineering 483 • Battery operation and limits Alternative Energy • Energy versus power metrics for energy Engineering II storage • Other systems: flywheels, compressed February 10, 2009 air, supercapacitator, pumped hydro 2 Why do we store energy? What kinds of energy stored? • To be able to respond to changes in • Fuel containers store fuel energy demand in a more efficient manner • Batteries and supercapacitors store – Electricity use fluctuates over seasons and electrical energy hours of the day – Natural gas use fluctuates over seasons • Flywheels and compressed air systems • Most transportation (land, sea, air) store mechanical energy needs to carry onboard energy supplies • Thermal energy storage as latent or • Solar and wind use energy storage to sensible heat used in heating and balance generation with use cooling systems 3 4 Energy Storage Measures Fuel Energy • Volumetric energy storage in Btu/gallon • Energy per unit mass (kJ/kg; Btu/lbm) – Gasoline: 109,000 to 125,000 • Energy per unit volume (kJ/m3; Btu/ft3) – Diesel fuel: 128,000 to 130,000 – Biodiesel: 117,000 to 120,000 • Rate of delivery of energy to and from – Natural gas: 33,000 to 38,000 at 3,000 psi, storage (kW/kg; Btu/hr⋅lbm) 38,000 to 44,000 at 3,600 psi, and ~73,500 • Efficiency (energy out/energy in) as liquefied natural gas (LNG) – 85% ethanol in gasoline: ~80,000 • Life cycles – how many times can the – 85% methanol in gasoline: 56,000 to 66,000 storage device be used – Hydrogen: ~6,500 at 3,000 psi, ~16,000 at – Particularly important for batteries 10,000 psi, and ~30,500 as liquid – Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG): ~84,000 5 6 http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/altfuel/fuel_comp.html ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 1 Energy storage February 10, 2010 Electric Plants Electricity Load • Base load plants run continuously • Power demand varies by day and hour – Produce load that is required 24/7 – CA energy, peak MW growth: 1.25%, 1.35% – Most efficient plants • Renewable Portfolio Standards require • Peak load plants utilities to have renewable generation – Used to satisfy demand peaks – 20% of retail sales by December 31, 2010 in – Often gas turbines that are less efficient California (transmission problems?) – Hydroelectric plants run as peak plants – Papers from WCS AWMA October 2007 because of limited resource conference in next five slides • Distributed Generation – large users • CA Energy Commission – Dave Ashuckian generate their own power • SC Edison – James Woodruff 7 8 LADWP Electricity Rates • Residential normal meter: $0.07288/kWh • Residential time-of-service meter – Monday–Friday, 1–5 pm: $0.14377/kWh – Monday–Friday, 10 am–1 pm: $0.08793/kWh – All other times: $0.03780/kWh • Other services have demand charge (per kW) but lower service charge – High season (June to October) extra – Also have different rates for interruptible or non-interruptible 9 10 http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp001646.jsp 11 12 ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 2 Energy storage February 10, 2010 13 14 New South Wales California Supply Today Analysis of Alternatives • Following charts from paper by Oxford Environmental Change Institute • Conclude that alternative and energy Harvey, A. and Koopman, S., (1993), ‘Forecasting Hourly Electricity Demand Using Time- Varying Splines’, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 88, 1228-1253. supplies can, when properly planned, meet needs for peak power – Based on models of supply and demand – Wind, solar photovoltaic, and domestic combined heating and power (dCHP) • dCHP not a renewable, but an alternative 15 16 http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downlo 17 http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downlo 18 ads/sinden-houseoflords.pdf ads/sinden-houseoflords.pdf ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 3 Energy storage February 10, 2010 Supplemental Slides • Slides 52 and later will not be covered in lecture – Provide information on electrical generation system in US – Note sources of energy for generation – Shows electricity costs in various states – Discuss changes in electricity industry to encourage nonutility generators – Considers deregulation of electricity generation in late 1990s with successes and failures http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downlo 19 20 ads/sinden-houseoflords.pdf Battery Basics Battery Terms • Zinc/copper cell Reduction at cathode: Oxidation at anode: • At cathode (left) positive pole, accepts negative pole, supplies ++ – –Cu + 2e → Cu circuit electrons circuit electrons –Cu++ ions from CuSO4 in solution Copper Zinc goes – electrons from circuit • At anode (right) deposits into solution on cathode at anode • Salt bridge transfers –Zn → Zn++ + 2e– = ++ Lower SO4 ions –Zn ions into Higher electrode ZnSO4 in solution electrode Salt bridge – electrons into potential completes circuit potential circuit 21 in solution 22 Battery Terms II Nernst Equation • Cell voltage based on standard • Cell potentials are based on a standard reduction potentials (gain of electrons) concentration (1 gram mole per liter), • When two half-cells are joined the pressure (1 atm) and temperature (25oC) reaction with the smaller reduction • Call this potential ΔEo RT ΔE = ΔEo − lnQ potential is run in reverse • Actual potential ΔE nF –Cu++ + 2e– → Cu (0. 34 v) – R = 8.414 J/gmmol·K, T = temperature in K –Zn ++ + 2e– → Zn (–0.76 v) – F = 96485.3415 A·s/gmmol (Faraday const) – Zinc reaction is reversed – n = electrons in reaction – Potential difference is 1.10 v – Q depends on concentrations 23 24 ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 4 Energy storage February 10, 2010 Battery Types Solar System Batteries • Nickel Cadmium mature, relatively low • Optional – home systems can sell energy density, long life, lower cost, and high discharge rate excess power to utility • Nickel-Metal Hydride: higher energy • Can provide power during evening density than NiCd but lower cycle life hours for systems not linked to grid • Lead Acid: most economical where weight is not important • Also provide back-up power in cases of • Lithium Ion: high energy density and light blackout weight • Lead-acid batteries uses because of low • Lithium Ion Polymer: Li-ion in smaller cost packaging 25 26 Battery Properties Battery Voltages 27 http://www.mpoweruk.com/chemistries.htm Reference: http://www.intersil.com/data/an/an126.pdf Discharge Battery Discharge Rates • Discharge • Manufacturer rates battery to have patterns: certain energy at specified discharge similar with rate known as the “C rate” different • Discharge at higher rates (e.g. 1.5C, batteries 2C, 10C, etc.) reduced capacity • Discharge at lower rates (e.g., C/1.5, C/2, C/10) increases capacity Reference: http://www. mpoweruk.com/ • Similar effect for charging battery performance.htm 29 30 ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 5 Energy storage February 10, 2010 Battery Discharge Rates Rate Effect • Higher discharge rates give lower energy • Reference: http://www.na p.edu/books/0 309087007/ht ml/64.html 31 32 Reference: http://www.intersil.com/data/an/an126.pdf Compare Ragone Plot • Batteries versus other motive power • http://www.n ap.edu/book s/03090926 12/html/40.h tml http://www.thewatt.com/ modules.php?name=Ne 33 ws&file=article&sid=92634 &mode=nested Utility Storage Applications • Power Quality: applied for seconds or less, as needed, to assure continuity of quality power. • Bridging Power: seconds to minutes to assure continuity of service when switching from one source to another. • Energy Management: decouple the timing of generation and consumption of electric energy http://www.electricitystorage. 35 org/tech/technologies_comp 36 arisons_ratings.htm ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 6 Energy storage February 10, 2010 Flow Batteries • Charge and discharge electrolyte placed in storage tanks – Polysulfide Bromide battery (PSB) – Vanadium Redox battery (VRB) – Zinc bromide • Decouples energy capacity (due to storage tank size) and power (due to cell size) PSB • Sometimes described as fuel cells Schematic 37 http://www.electricitystorage.org/tech/technologies 38 _technologies_psb.htm PSB Battery Reactions • Charging reactions - + –Na2S4 + 2e + 2Na → 2Na2S2 - + –3NaBr → 2e + 2 Na + NaBr3 • Discharge reactions - + –2Na2S2 → Na2S4 + 2e + 2Na –NaBr + 2e- + 2 Na+ → 3NaBr VRB 3 Installation • External power charges electrolyte so (Reference next chart) that tanks contain Na2S2 and NaBr3 • Charged electrolytes power flow 39 40 Energy Storage Costs • Flow battery increases transmission capacity http://www.leonardo- http://www.energy.ca.gov/pier/notices/2005-02- 41 42 24_workshop/07%20Kuntz-VRB%20PacifiCorp%20Flow%20Battery.pdf energy.org/drupal/files/2007/Briefing%20paper%20- %20Flow%20batteries.pdf?download ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II 7 Energy storage February 10, 2010 Store Compressed Air •Symbols • CAES: Compressed air energy storage –fully capable • Gas turbine with compressed air stored –reasonable in caverns; later combustion/expansion –feasible, but • Electricity peak shaving not quite… – 290 MW, Hundorf, Germany, 1978 –not feasible – 110 MW, McIntosh, AL, 1991 • $591/kW; comes online in 14 mins – 2700 MW (planned) Norton, OH •http://www.electricit ystorage.org/tech/te • 1500 psi air pressure, 2200 ft underground chnologies_compari 43 http://www.electricitystorage.org/tech/tec 44 sons.htm hnologies_technologies_caes.htm
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