scholarly journals An expansion planning method for extending distributed energy system lifespan with energy storage systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872110583
Author(s):  
Said Mirza Tercan ◽  
Onur Elma ◽  
Erdin Gokalp ◽  
Umit Cali

The recent advances in the modern power grids, such as growing energy demand and penetration of higher amounts of distributed energy generators like renewable energy resources, caused additional grid integration challenges for the distributed energy system operators. Besides, deep electrification impacts triggered by a growing share of electric vehicles as additional electric loads made it essential for the distributed energy system operators to re-investigate their upgrade plans in terms of distributed energy system lines and corresponding infrastructure investments. An energy storage system offers the opportunity to use energy flexibly, resulting in deferring the inevitable upgrade costs of the distribution grid elements and increasing the power quality. In this study, a new method is proposed to extend the lifespan of distributed energy systems with an energy storage system and reduce line upgrade costs. The proposed method is tested on the IEEE-33 with different case studies. The findings of this study indicated that the investigated energy storage option has a positive impact on the distributed energy system components and assets in terms of extending their lifespan and helping to mitigate growing demand peaks because of the load increase. According to the results, the proposed method reduces the total cost by up to 66%. Furthermore, the power losses are reduced by an average of 34.8%, and the voltage profiles are improved with the energy storage system.

Author(s):  
Said Mirza Tercan ◽  
Onur Elma ◽  
Erdin Gokalp ◽  
Umit Cali

Growing energy demand in the distributed energy system (DES) besides new charging loads of electric vehicles (EVs) make DES infrastructure unavailable earlier than normal projections. DES lines need to be upgraded to carry the modern demand of customers. DES line upgrade (LU) cost minimized and deferred to the next years by using energy storage system (ESS). ESS offers the opportunity to use energy flexibly in the distribution grid. It is possible to use ESS to shift the inevitable upgrade costs of the distribution grid elements and increase the power quality of the distribution grid. In this study, a method is proposed to extend the lifespan of DES with ESS and reduce line upgrade and investment costs in the distribution system. For this purpose, the IEEE 33 bus test grid is used, and the proposed method is tested and analyzed with different case studies. According to the results, the proposed method can reduce the investment cost by up to 80%. Besides, ESS usage considering load increase and line conditions of the distribution grid, upgrade costs of distribution grid are shifted, resulting in an optimal dimensioning and positioning while extending the lifespan of the distribution grid elements and, at the same time, offering significant improvements in energy quality. Additionally, it is seen that the power losses of the distribution grid are reduced up to 26%, and the voltage profile of buses is improved with the usage of ESS.


2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 1119-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Qiang Li ◽  
Shu Shuo Kang ◽  
Wen Jing Dong ◽  
Bo Cai ◽  
Guo Qiang Zhang

In the early research work,the concept of building energy smart grid based on natural gas based distributed energy system is proposed. For design of energy storage system applied to NDES-SG, basic principles of system design are given which follows energy saving and efficiency increasing in this paper. To interpret integration, energy saving potential and system evaluation method of NDES-SG, Combining with design principles of energy storage system, a simplified typical case system is presented. The influence of energy storage system design on the NDES-SG performance is studied taking ice thermo storage system as an example and system energy saving rate for evaluation criteria. The results show that NDES-SG with a reasonable storage system design can realize energy saving rate approximately 30% compared with NDES-SG without energy storage system. NDES-SG system energy efficiency is further improved.


2012 ◽  
Vol 614-615 ◽  
pp. 1766-1770
Author(s):  
Yang Yang Xi ◽  
Yu Feng Yang

With the development of smart grid, smart power distribution and utilization park (hereinafter referred to as Park) is also accelerating the building. Distributed energy storage system (DESS)as important energy system of Park, the development has an important impact on the construction of Park. This article briefly introduces both of DESS and Park, focuses on the use of DESS in Park and analyzes the deficiencies in the use of DESS at home and abroad.


Author(s):  
M. S. A. Mustaza ◽  
M. A. M. Ariff ◽  
Sofia Najwa Ramli

Energy storage system (ESS) plays a prominent role in renewable energy (RE) to overcome the intermittent of RE energy condition and improve energy utilization in the power system. However, ESS for residential applications requires specific and different configuration. Hence, this review paper aims to provide information for system builders to decide the best setup configuration of ESS for residential application. In this paper, the aim is to provide an insight into the critical elements of the energy storage technology for residential application. The update on ESS technology, battery chemistry, battery charging, and monitoring system and power inverter technology are reviewed. Then, the operation, the pro, and cons of each variant of these technologies are comprehensively studied. This paper suggested that the ESS for residential ESS requires NMC battery chemistry because it delivers an all-rounded performance as compared to other battery chemistries. The four-stages constant current (FCC) charging technique is recommended because of the fast charging capability and safer than other charging techniques reviewed. Next, the battery management system (BMS) is recommended to adapt in advance machine learning method to estimate the state of charge (SOC), state of health (SOH) and internal temperature (IT) to increase the safety and prolong the lifespan of the batteries. Finally, these recommendations and solutions aimed to improve the utilization of RE energy in power system, especially in residential ESS application and offer the best option that is available on the shelf for the residential ESS application in the future.


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