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DESCRIPTION:Microgrids can allow facilities to maintain continuity of elect
 ric power service for critical loads during long duration outages. Most mi
 crogrids use a variety of power sources and energy storage to provide on-s
 ite generation\, including conventional generators\, renewables\, and ener
 gy storage.\n\nTraditional batteries typically complement diesel generatio
 n operation but are rarely used to replace generators\, primarily because 
 of the high cost and limited energy duration of commercially available bat
 tery technologies.\n\nFlow battery technology offers a potential alternati
 ve to traditional chemistries to reduce dependence on conventional generat
 ors while still ensuring system reliability. Vanadium redox flow batteries
  offer unique differentiators to lead acid and lithium-ion battery technol
 ogies such as increased safety\, longer rated duration\, and longer life. 
 However\, the nascency of this technology and limited understanding of rel
 iability and operational performance\, coupled with high equipment cost\, 
 typically limit the opportunities for field deployment.\n\nThis talk cover
 s the fundamentals of microgrids and discusses the results from laboratory
  tests of a vanadium flow battery that evaluated the potential for such a 
 battery to replace existing diesel generators.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Peter Cu
 rtis\, \n\nAgenda: \n12:00 - Introduction\n\n12:03 - Presentation\n\n12:50
  - Q&A\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/450425
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/450425
ORGANIZER:kandlawala@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:22
SUMMARY:Microgrids and vanadium redox flow batteries
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/450425
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal">Microgrids can allow fac
 ilities to maintain continuity of electric power service for critical load
 s during long duration outages.&nbsp\; Most microgrids use a variety of po
 wer sources and energy storage to provide on-site generation\, including c
 onventional generators\, renewables\, and energy storage.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p c
 lass="MsoNormal">Traditional batteries typically complement diesel generat
 ion operation but are rarely used to replace generators\, primarily becaus
 e of the high cost and limited energy duration of commercially available b
 attery technologies.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Flow battery technology off
 ers a potential alternative to traditional chemistries to reduce dependenc
 e on conventional generators while still ensuring system reliability.&nbsp
 \; Vanadium redox flow batteries offer unique differentiators to lead acid
  and lithium-ion battery technologies such as increased safety\, longer ra
 ted duration\, and longer life. However\, the nascency of this technology 
 and limited understanding of reliability and operational performance\, cou
 pled with high equipment cost\, typically limit the opportunities for fiel
 d deployment.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">This talk covers the fundamentals 
 of microgrids and discusses the results from laboratory tests of a vanadiu
 m flow battery that evaluated the potential for such a battery to replace 
 existing diesel generators.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>
 12:00 - Introduction</p>\n<p>12:03 - Presentation</p>\n<p>12:50 - Q&amp\;A
 </p>
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