A comparative study of lead-acid battery against other battery types for distributed energy storage application in power systems

• Main Author: Norzita Sulaiman.
• Other Authors: Choi San Shing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Power electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49867
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Integration of renewable sources in electrical networks has increased dramatically in recent years. However, the power supplied by renewable energy sources is not as secure and easy to adjust to changes in demand as the power supplied by traditional power systems. As a result, storage devices are to be integrated into the electrical network in order to ensure reliability and quality in the performance of the power system. This project considered the study of lead-acid batteries in comparing with sodium sulphur (NaS) batteries, Lithium Ion (Li-ion) batteries and Flow batteries in terms of battery technologies and also the energy storage application in power systems. A literature review and study on the few types of batteries technology as mention above has been review in terms of technical and economic considerations.