Microgrids and vanadium redox flow batteries
Dr. Peter Curtiss - Principal Consulting Engineer, S&C Electric Company
Microgrids can allow facilities to maintain continuity of electric power service for critical loads during long duration outages. Most microgrids use a variety of power sources and energy storage to provide on-site generation, including conventional generators, renewables, and energy storage.
Traditional batteries typically complement diesel generation operation but are rarely used to replace generators, primarily because of the high cost and limited energy duration of commercially available battery technologies.
Flow battery technology offers a potential alternative to traditional chemistries to reduce dependence on conventional generators while still ensuring system reliability. Vanadium redox flow batteries offer unique differentiators to lead acid and lithium-ion battery technologies such as increased safety, longer rated duration, and longer life. However, the nascency of this technology and limited understanding of reliability and operational performance, coupled with high equipment cost, typically limit the opportunities for field deployment.
This talk covers 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.
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- Date: 29 Jan 2025
- Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- Starts 04 December 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 29 January 2025 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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Dr. Peter Curtis of S&C Electric
Microgrids and vanadium redox flow batteries
Peter Curtiss is a Principal Consulting Engineer with S&C Electric Company. His 30+ year career spans building energy systems, renewable energy technology, neural network modeling of energy processes, and distributed generation analysis. His current work focuses on microgrids, smart grids, and grid-edge operations. He has helped design and implement the control systems for dozens of active microgrids. Mr. Curtiss received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and a Master of Science and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He is a licensed mechanical engineer in Colorado.
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12:00 - Introduction
12:03 - Presentation
12:50 - Q&A
Peter Curtiss is a Principal Consulting Engineer with S&C Electric Company. His 30+ year career spans building energy systems, renewable energy technology, neural network modeling of energy processes, and distributed generation analysis. His current work focuses on microgrids, smart grids, and grid-edge operations. He has helped design and implement the control systems for dozens of active microgrids.