Design and Analysis of Generic Energy Management Strategy for Controlling Second-Life Battery Systems in Stationary Applications

Mohamed Abdel-Monem, Omar Hegazy, Noshin Omar, Khiem Trad, Sven De Breucker, Peter Van Den Bossche and Joeri Van Mierlo
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Mohamed Abdel-Monem: Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels 1050, Belgium
Omar Hegazy: Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels 1050, Belgium
Noshin Omar: Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels 1050, Belgium
Khiem Trad: Vito, Unit of Energy Technology, Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium
Sven De Breucker: Vito, Unit of Energy Technology, Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium
Peter Van Den Bossche: Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels 1050, Belgium
Joeri Van Mierlo: Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels 1050, Belgium

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 11, 1-25

Abstract: Recently, second-life battery systems have received a growing interest as one of the most promising alternatives for decreasing the overall cost of the battery storage systems in stationary applications. The high-cost of batteries represents a prominent barrier for their use in traction and stationary applications. To make second-life batteries economically viable for stationary applications, an effective power-electronics converter should be selected as well. This converter should be supported by an energy management strategy (EMS), which is needed for controlling the power flow among the second-life battery modules based on their available capacity and performance. This article presents the design, analysis and implementation of a generic energy management strategy (GEMS). The proposed GEMS aims to control and distribute the load demand between battery storage systems under different load conditions and disturbances. This manuscript provides the experimental verification of the proposed management strategy. The results have demonstrated that the GEMS can robustly handle any level of performance inequality among the used-battery modules with the aim to integrate different levels (i.e., size, capacity, and chemistry type) of the second-life battery modules at the same time and in the same application.

Keywords: second-life batteries; energy storage system (ESS); lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries; stationary applications; self-consumption of photo-voltaic profile; energy/power management strategy; rule-based control strategy; battery management system (BMS); multi-port power converter (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: 2016
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