Aging Characteristics of Stationary Lithium-Ion Battery Systems with Serial and Parallel Cell Configurations

Mehmet C. Yagci, Thomas Feldmann, Elmar Bollin, Michael Schmidt and Wolfgang G. Bessler
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Mehmet C. Yagci: Institute of Sustainable Energy Systems (INES), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Badstrasse 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany
Thomas Feldmann: Institute of Sustainable Energy Systems (INES), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Badstrasse 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany
Elmar Bollin: Institute of Sustainable Energy Systems (INES), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Badstrasse 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany
Michael Schmidt: Institute of Sustainable Energy Systems (INES), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Badstrasse 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany
Wolfgang G. Bessler: Institute of Sustainable Energy Systems (INES), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Badstrasse 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: The significant market growth of stationary electrical energy storage systems both for private and commercial applications has raised the question of battery lifetime under practical operation conditions. Here, we present a study of two 8 kWh lithium-ion battery (LIB) systems, each equipped with 14 lithium iron phosphate/graphite (LFP) single cells in different cell configurations. One system was based on a standard configuration with cells connected in series, including a cell-balancing system and a 48 V inverter. The other system featured a novel configuration of two stacks with a parallel connection of seven cells each, no cell-balancing system, and a 4 V inverter. The two systems were operated as part of a microgrid both in continuous cycling mode between 30% and 100% state of charge, and in solar-storage mode with day–night cycling. The aging characteristics in terms of capacity loss and internal resistance change in the cells were determined by disassembling the systems for regular checkups and characterizing the individual cells under well-defined laboratory conditions. As a main result, the two systems showed cell-averaged capacity losses of 18.6% and 21.4% for the serial and parallel configurations, respectively, after 2.5 years of operation with 810 (serial operation) and 881 (parallel operation) cumulated equivalent full cycles. This is significantly higher than the aging of a reference single cell cycled under laboratory conditions at 20 °C, which showed a capacity loss of only 10% after 1000 continuous full cycles.

Keywords: stationary electrical energy storage; lithium-ion battery; lithium iron phosphate (LFP); aging characteristics; microgrid operation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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