
Introduction to Electrical Energy Storage Batteries, Chargers, and Applications
epd.wisc.edu/RA01351 See upcoming datesCourse Overview
In this course, you will:
- Understand batteries’ basic chemistry
- Identify the advantage and disadvantages of using alternative battery types
- Understand the figure of merits, energy, and power density limits of each electrical energy storage component type
- Examine battery testing standards, battery charging systems and state of charge measurement techniques
- Learn about hybrid systems using batteries
- Understand safety and second-life use of batteries
- Learn about a variety of applications such as automotive and grid-energy storage systems
Who Should Attend?
- Electrical engineers
- Mechanical engineers
- System engineers
- Project engineers
- Program managers
- Technical leaders
- System integrators
- Electric power generation and utility engineers
Course Outline
Introduction to Electrical Energy Storage
- Scope of energy storage needs and opportunities
- Technology overview and key disciplines
- Example applications and projects
Battery Background
- Common units of measure and common figures of merit
Electrochemistry
- Electrochemical vs. thermal energy sources
- Voltage and potential energy
- Reduction and oxidation
- Reduction potentials and electrochemical couples
- Electrochemical cell
Battery Construction
- Cell mechanical structure
- Resistance and polarization
- Electrode design
- Discharging and charging
Major Battery Chemistries
- Common batteries (lead acid, NiMH, li-ion, and others)
- Common battery metrics: performance comparison, power, and energy
- Densities, specific power, and specific energy of batteries with different chemistries
- Relative comparison of electrical energy storage technologies
Lead Acid Batteries
- Lead acid battery charge/discharge characteristics, pros/cons
Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries
- NiMH cell construction, applications, battery characteristics, pros/cons
- Li-Ion Batteries
- Lithium-ion cell reaction, construction, pouch cells, pros/cons
- Construction—can vs. flexible foil
- Typical charge/discharge characteristics
Battery System Integration
- Battery pack design considerations for performance
- Major battery sub-systems and typical schematic
- Smart battery control
- Cell balancing, balancing in action
- Safety and abuse considerations in batteries and cells
- Fault detection and management systems, battery protection systems
Analysis and Simulation of Batteries
- Equivalent circuit, electrochemical, thermal, and aging and life models
- Trends in simulation technology
Secondary Use, Recycling, and Disposal Issues of Batteries
- USABC requirements
- Possible markets
- Economic analysis of deploying used batteries
- Individual and synergistic applications and benefits
Battery Chargers
- Introduction to charger configurations and features
- Charger classes and performance characteristics
- Electronics, automotive, and industrial applications
Battery State Estimation
- State of charge (SOC), State of health (SOH), State of function (SOF)
Battery Standards and Testing
- Test equipment survey
- Testing by application
Safety
- Fundamental failure modes
- Standards for testing
- Role of failure modes and effects (FMEA) tools
- Protection techniques
Future Electrical Energy Storage Technology
- Current challenges
- Promising high power and energy battery technologies
- Future battery electric vehicle performance requirements
Current Research Update
- Electrochemistry, advanced materials, and battery systems and
- management research Automotive Battery Applications
- Degrees of vehicle electrification
- Battery size vs. application
- Battery performance and sizing—USABC
- DOE targets for vehicular energy storage systems
- Battery sizing factor (BSF)
- Static capacity and energy
Automotive Battery Application Performance
- Static capacity test
- Temperature and power performance
- Life and durability
- Battery cycling
- Drive profiles
Grid-Tied Energy Storage System Applications
- Sodium sulfur and redox flow battery based energy storage systems
- Fundamentals of sodium sulfur and redox flow battery systems
- Construction
- Properties and characteristics
- Grid interconnection and control topologies
Past dates
Introduction to Electrical Energy Storage
Course #: RA01351Introduction to Electrical Energy Storage
Date: Tue. May 21, 2019 – Thu. May 23, 2019ID: RA01351-T476
epd.wisc.edu/RA01351