A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems

The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) poses a major challenge to the operation of the electricity grid owing to the intermittent nature of their power output. The ability of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide grid support and smooth the output of RE...

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Main Authors: Wang, Guishi, Konstantinou, Georgios, Townsend, Christopher D., Pou, Josep, Vazquez, Sergio, Demetriades, Georgios D., Agelidis, Vassilios Georgios
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-803312020-03-07T13:57:21Z A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems Wang, Guishi Konstantinou, Georgios Townsend, Christopher D. Pou, Josep Vazquez, Sergio Demetriades, Georgios D. Agelidis, Vassilios Georgios School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Battery energy storage system dc-ac converter The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) poses a major challenge to the operation of the electricity grid owing to the intermittent nature of their power output. The ability of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide grid support and smooth the output of RES in combination with their decrease in cost has fueled research interest in this technology over the last couple of years. Power electronics (PE) is the key enabling technology for connecting utility-scale BESS to the medium-voltage grid. PE ensure energy is delivered while complying with grid codes and dispatch orders. Simultaneously, the PE must regulate the operating point of the batteries, thus for instance preventing overcharge of batteries. This paper presents a comprehensive review of PE topologies for utility BESS that have been proposed either within industry or the academic literature. Moreover, a comparison of the presently most commercially viable topologies is conducted in terms of estimated power conversion efficiency and relative cost. Accepted version 2017-03-01T08:54:05Z 2019-12-06T13:47:21Z 2017-03-01T08:54:05Z 2019-12-06T13:47:21Z 2016 Journal Article Wang, G., Konstantinou, G., Townsend, C. D., Pou, J., Vazquez, S., Demetriades, G. D., et al. (2016). A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 7(4), 1778-1790. 1949-3029 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80331 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42147 10.1109/TSTE.2016.2586941 en IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy © 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2016.2586941]. 13 p. application/pdf
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topic Battery energy storage system
dc-ac converter
spellingShingle Battery energy storage system
dc-ac converter
Wang, Guishi
Konstantinou, Georgios
Townsend, Christopher D.
Pou, Josep
Vazquez, Sergio
Demetriades, Georgios D.
Agelidis, Vassilios Georgios
A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
description The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) poses a major challenge to the operation of the electricity grid owing to the intermittent nature of their power output. The ability of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide grid support and smooth the output of RES in combination with their decrease in cost has fueled research interest in this technology over the last couple of years. Power electronics (PE) is the key enabling technology for connecting utility-scale BESS to the medium-voltage grid. PE ensure energy is delivered while complying with grid codes and dispatch orders. Simultaneously, the PE must regulate the operating point of the batteries, thus for instance preventing overcharge of batteries. This paper presents a comprehensive review of PE topologies for utility BESS that have been proposed either within industry or the academic literature. Moreover, a comparison of the presently most commercially viable topologies is conducted in terms of estimated power conversion efficiency and relative cost.
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Wang, Guishi
Konstantinou, Georgios
Townsend, Christopher D.
Pou, Josep
Vazquez, Sergio
Demetriades, Georgios D.
Agelidis, Vassilios Georgios
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author Wang, Guishi
Konstantinou, Georgios
Townsend, Christopher D.
Pou, Josep
Vazquez, Sergio
Demetriades, Georgios D.
Agelidis, Vassilios Georgios
author_sort Wang, Guishi
title A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
title_short A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
title_full A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
title_fullStr A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
title_full_unstemmed A Review of Power Electronics for Grid Connection of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
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