Power Electronics for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
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Power electronic conversion units will serve as a key enabling technology for assisting in the continued growth of grid-scale energy storage. This paper presents existing and future power electronic conversion systems and components that aid the interconnection of grid-scale energy storage or utilize storage to minimize grid disruption at all voltage classes including transmission, distribution, and future grid architectures such as the microgrid. New R&D solutions to aid the interconnection process including efforts in bidirectional charger design and potentially solid-state transformers (SSTs) are emphasized. The role of energy storage to support microgrid research and growth, while highlighting power electronic behavior within this environment, is considered. Last, an example that bridges the microgrid and energy storage theme is given through the design and operation of a direct current (dc) electric vehicle (battery) charging station. When appropriate, manufacturer solutions and success stories of utilizing latest battery technologies interfaced via power electronic solutions at the utility scale are provided.
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Using fewer switching devices in a non-cascaded three-level NPC grid-connected converter increases power density, efficiency, and control simplicity.
“With less number of switching devices, it increases the power density, efficiency, and control simplicity [42].”
From State of the Art of Solid-State Transformers: Advanced Topologies, Implementation Issues, Recent Progress and Improvements (2020) · cites this paper as [42]
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Hannan, M. A., Ker, P. J., Lipu, M. S. H., Choi, Z. H., Rahman, M. S. A., Muttaqi, K. M., & Blaabjerg, F. (2020) · IEEE Access · doi:10.1109/access.2020.2967345 · Cited by 339 · see citing works
“Hereafter comes with the SiC devices which are more efficient than Si devices [40], [42], [43].”
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- Authors
- Grainger, B. M., Reed, G. F., Sparacino, A. R., & Lewis, P. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- ORCID
- Grainger, Brandon M.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the IEEE
- Published
- 2014-06
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1000-1013
- ISSN
- 0018-9219 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-2256
- OpenAlex
- W2162656132
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Proceedings of the IEEE (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Power Systems and Renewable Energy
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced DC-DC Converters
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Microgrid Control and Optimization
- Keywords
- grid-scale energy storage, bidirectional charger, solid-state transformer, microgrids
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