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A Review of Energy Storage System Study
A Review of Energy Storage System Study
Abstract—Energy Storage (ES) has become an important energies can translatable in time scale and space scale.
supporting technology for utilization in large-scale centralized
energy generation and DG. And Energy Storage System (ESS) ES has become an important supporting technology for
will become the key equipment to combine electric energy and utilization in large-scale centralized energy generation and
other energy. ESS breaks the unsynchronized of energy gener- DG[3][4]. The role of ES will change significantly in EI. In
ation and consum-ption, then make different kinds of energies the filed of basic application of ES in power system, the
can translata-ble in time scale and space scale. This paper do a functions of ES will be got further development, and some
review of energy storage system study.it include the classifica- technologies of ES will be got new opportunities. ES can be
tion and Characteristics of Energy Storage System, the energy thought as a technology for realizing electricity storage and
storage technology in new energy generation, introducing hy- two-way conversion in traditional definition, including
brid energy storage as a typical ESS, and doing a review of pumped storage, compressed air energy storage, flywheel
ESS business model. energy storage, superconducting magnetic energy storage,
battery energy storage etc. Electrical energy is stored in the
Keywords—energy storage system, review, energy internet form of mechanical energy, electromagnetic energy,
chemical energy, etc., by using those ES technologies, and
I. INTRODUCTION is fed back to the power network. ES in EI includes not only
The development and utilization of fossil energy have equipment that realizes bidirectional conversion of electrical
brought a serious energy and environmental crisis, energy, but also unidirectional energy storage and
meanwhile, a new energy revolution which concentrate on conversion equipment between electrical energy and other
Distributed Generation (DG) and Energy Storage (ES) is energy forms. In the context of EI, the generalized ES
booming around the world. The concept of Energy Internet technology can be defined as one-way or two-way energy
(EI) came into being under this energy revolution. storage device that realizes the connection between
electrical energy and thermal energy, chemical energy,
Renewable energy is mainly energy source in EI, and the mechanical energy and so on. As can be seen in Fig. 1, the
terminal energy consumption have multiple forms of energy electrochemical ES, heat storage, hydrogen storage, EV and
mainly including electricity. Through the mutual conversion other ES technologies are support to power supply, the
and complementation of multiple energy sources such as interconnection of the power grid, transportation network,
electric energy, thermal energy and chemical energy, the gas network, heating and cooling network can be achieved
close integration of energy networks such as power grids, by this way[5].
gas networks, thermal networks and transportation networks
is realized. Advanced ES technology, power electronics
technology, DG technology, intelligent energy management,
intelligent fault management, reliable and secure
communication technology are considered to be the key
technologies in EI[1][2]. Multiple energy forms are
converted, transferred, stored and shared on the user side by
the cleanest, most efficient and convenient way, so ES will
become the key equipment to combine electric energy and
other energy. ES breaks the unsynchronized of energy
generation and consumption, then make different kinds of
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II. CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ENERGY converter. Otherwise, there are some other auxiliary devices,
STORAGE SYSTEM such as vacuum pump and cooling system, applied in FESS
according to the specific type [11].
With the advance and development of physical principle,
material and manufacturing technology. At present, ESSs In FESS, the flywheel rotor is used as the storage
have developed many types and played an important role in medium and its performance is determined by the rotor
different fields [6]. In this part, several kinds of common shape and material. The stored kinetic energy is linearly
ESSs are introduced and their characteristics are also proportional to the moment of inertia and the square of its
summarized. angular velocity, and therefore FESS is classified into two
groups: low speed FESS (up to 10,000 rpm and heavy
In all ESSs, battery energy storage system (BESS) is the
material) and high speed FESS (up to 100,000 rpm and light
most widely used and has a large number of subdivision
material) [12]. The bearings are to support the flywheel
types such as lead-acid battery, Li-ion battery, NiCd/NiMH
rotor and ensure its high-speed rotation without mechanical
battery and sodium-sulfur battery [7]. The basic principle of
friction stably. The dual-functional electric machine is an
BESS is that there is a container which is filled with
energy conversion hub, in which electrical energy and
electrolyte, and a chemical reaction of electricity conversion
mechanical energy are interchangeable in charging process
occurs through a positive electrode and a negative electrode
or discharging process. The housing provides a low-pressure
soaking in the electrolyte. When the BESS is at charging
environment for flywheel rotor to reduce wind resistance
state, the positive electrode undergoes an oxidation reaction
loss under high-speed rotation [11]. On the other hand, the
and the negative electrode undergoes a reduction reaction.
housing plays a protective role if flywheel bursts by the high
At this time, the electrical energy is converted into stored
centrifugal force. The bidirectional power converter
chemical energy [8]. On the contrary, the chemical energy is
equipped between FESS and power gird is to achieve the
converted into the electrical energy due to the redox reaction
stable storage and release of electrical energy.
of electrode when the BESS discharges. It is worth
mentioning that if the discharge is too deep, the chemical Based on the mechanical and electrical structure, FESS
reaction will be irreversible, making the active material is an environmental-friendly, fast-response and deeply-
unusable. Therefore, the state of charge (SOC) of BESS is dischargeable ESS with long cycle life. Besides, the design of
limited. The power rating can range from 100W to 20MW energy and power ratings is decoupled, respectively
according to different energy storage mediums [9]. So the determining by the flywheel rotor and the nature of electric
application of BESS includes electric vehicle, reserve machine and power converter [13]. In order to reduce the loss
energy and renewable energy integration. Considering that in the FESS operating process, the magnetic bearings,
BESS is the most mature ESS, it has excellent cost including permanent magnetic bearings, active magnetic
performance. However, with the increase of cycle times, the bearings and superconducting magnetic bearings, are used
core will be aging and therefore the BESS has fewer life instead of the mechanical ball bearings [11, 12]. Moreover,
time compared to other ESSs. Moreover, the electrolyte is the housing made of high strength material is usually a
harmful to the environment and human body. The recycling vacuum container, eliminating the influence of air friction.
and disposal of scrap BESS will be a major problem in the Therefore, FESS has low maintenance requirement and a long
future. life time (up to 20 years) under the low-loss environment.
With the development of FESS components, the power
Pumped hydro-storage systems (PHS) contribute the
density is more than 10 times greater than BESS, and up to
most in the world electricity storage capacity up to 150
95% round-trip energy efficiency is achieved [7, 13].
million kw, and China, the US and Japan has the top 3
installed capacity [10]. PHS is a hydropower station that Considering the fewer life time due to frequent
pumps water to the upper reservoir and then release water to charge/discharge process in the BESS and the disadvantage
the lower reservoir for power generation at the peak of of FESS such as low stored energy and short duration time,
power load [7]. Due to the operational theory and mature the hybrid ESS is a pretty engineering application where a
technology, PHS is the most reliable and economical ESS fast-response ESS is combined with a long-term ESS [14].
with long life cycle and largest capacity in power system. For example, in [15], a Li-Ion battery-flywheel hybrid stor-
PHS plays a most prominent role in peak load regulation of age system was proposed to support the primary frequency
power system. Moreover, PHS can achieve the voltage and regulation. Except for the above types, there are still many
phase regulation in order to ensure the stability. Furthermore, ESSs, such compressed air energy storage (CAES), super-
PHS can act as the reserve when the faults occur. The capacitor energy storage, superconducting magnetic energy
efficiency of PHS is generally 65-75%, which includes the storage (SMES) and so on in the energy storage market and
mechanical loss in pumping and power generation [9]. laboratory. They have different and unique characteristics
However, PHS is less flexible than other ESSs because it is and are suitable for various application, accelerating the
almost impossible to move. And its power generation could practical process of ESSs
contradict with irrigation and flood protection.
III. ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW ENERGY
Compared with other ESSs, it is different for flywheel GENERATION
energy storage system (FESS) that the energy is stored as
kinetic energy in the flywheel rotor. When FESS absorbs Traditional electric energy storage(EES) can be defined
energy from the grid, its flywheel rotor will accelerate. On as the technology to achieve EES and bidirectional
the contrary, the kinetic energy can be transformed into the conversion, including pumped storage, compressed air
electrical energy, accompanied by the decelerating rotor. storage, flywheel storage, superconducting magnetic storage,
The main components of FESS include a flywheel rotor, battery storage, etc. With these energy storage technologies
bearings, a dual-functional electric machine (can be used as (EST) , electric energy is stored in the form of mechanical
a motor and generator), a housing and a bidirectional power energy, electromagnetic field, chemical energy and fed back
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considers the battery to bear most of the capacity of the hy- C Hybrid energy storage
brid energy storage system. The design goal of the integrated energy supply system
B Cogeneration technology is to use the energy types available in the area (gas,
electricity, light, wind, geothermal, industrial, according to
Cogeneration, heat pump, electric boiler, immersion the user's demand for different energy types (air-
heater and other technologies promote the coupling between conditioning, heating, hot water, electricity, steam, etc.).
power system and thermal system. Its importance is Residual heat, etc., optimize the combination of various
reflected in: heat production is an important link in many energy conversion devices to meet the long-term changes in
power generation processes, and effective use of heat energy energy supply needs of users, and to maximize the
can be improved. Energy efficiency; electrical-thermal comprehensive benefits of economic and environmental
coupling helps to dissipate renewable energy; heat is an protection. As the basis for the optimization design of the
important component of end-user load. At the same time, energy station, the basic structure of the integrated energy
thermal energy is lost in the process of production and station must be comprehensive enough, and the subsequent
transmission. The effective use of thermal energy is an optimization of the program can lead to a comprehensive
important goal in the concept of energy cascade utilization and optimal plan. Specific attention should be paid to the
and multi-energy complementation. The existing electro- following principles: (1) The basic architecture should
thermal coupling components are not perfect. Subject to the include all the energy types that the user needs and all the
supply and demand characteristics and transmission energy types available in the area and environment. The
characteristics of the thermal system, the electro-thermal environment here allows for the installation of energy
coupling components are mainly embodied in the integrated conversion equipment required to convert this type of
energy system at the user level and the regional level, and energy. For example, there are photovoltaic installation
are rarely found in the inter-regional system. The user-level roofs and walls, meeting the installation site requirements of
electric-thermal coupling components mainly exist in the fans or light-to-heat conversion devices. (2) The basic
form of temperature-controlled loads such as water heaters architecture should include all feasible energy conversion
and air conditioners, which embodies the energy conversion technology types and energy storage technology types that
between electric heating and heat, which is closely related to meet the site requirements and user demand scale. Figure 1
people's lives, as shown in Fig. 2. The temperature control shows the common energy types and their connection to
load is an important load type of the power system, and it is energy conversion and storage equipment. The main steps in
widely used, and its energy consumption characteristics are the design of the basic architecture of the energy station in
greatly affected by external weather factors. At the same
practical applications are as Fig. 3.
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A. contract energy management model ties and the leasing agent distributed storage resources.
This model provide service by signing energy saving These energy storage resources are actually controlled by
service contract with customers, including energy audit, the shared energy storage provider.
project design, project financing, equipment procurement,
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