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Energy Management of Multi-Energy Storage Systems

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 5269

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Interests: modeling; analysis; designing and control of power electronics converters/inverters for battery storage systems; electric vehicles; renewable energies; smart grids; energy harvesting; and mechatronics applications

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Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Interests: control of structurally flexible robots and mechanisms; control of smart material actuators; medical robotics; embedded control systems; and power electronics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The special issue on Energy Management of Multi-Energy Storage Systems welcomes original research papers and reviews. Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Technology and applications of different types of battery storage systems such as electrochemical, chemical, mechanical, electrical and thermal energy storage systems
  • Modelling, control, optimization, and engineering aspects of energy storage systems
  • Demand response and power management using energy storage systems in the presence of renewable energy generation
  • Applications and requirements of energy storage technologies in grid-scale electrical storage, transportation electrification, off-grid systems, uninterruptible power supplies, and portable electronic applications
  • Control and management of large-scale distributed storage systems including vehicle-to-grid, integrated residential/commercial energy storage, and multi-purpose and hybrid storage systems
  • Integrating of energy storage systems into smart power grid
  • Planning and management of various energy storage technologies
  • Voltage/frequency regulation of AC, DC and hybrid power grids
  • Bidirectional DC/DC power electronics with application to bidirectional energy storage systems

Prof. Dr. Reza Sabzehgar
Prof. Dr. Mehrdad Moallem
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Energy storage systems
  • Energy storage technologies
  • Residential/Commercial energy storage
  • Multi-purpose energy storage systems
  • Hybrid energy storage systems
  • Planning and management of various energy storage systems
  • Energy storage-based power management
  • Plug-in electric vehicle energy storage
  • Demand response and load profile using energy storage systems
  • Modeling, design and control of energy storage systems
  • Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and Grid-to-vehicle (G2V)
  • Bidirectional energy storage systems
  • Bidirectional DC/DC power electronics

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Stochastic Expansion Planning of Various Energy Storage Technologies in Active Power Distribution Networks
by Reza Sabzehgar, Diba Zia Amirhosseini, Saeed D. Manshadi and Poria Fajri
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5752; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105752 - 20 May 2021
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This work aims to minimize the cost of installing renewable energy resources (photovoltaic systems) as well as energy storage systems (batteries), in addition to the cost of operation over a period of 20 years, which will include the cost of operating the power [...] Read more.
This work aims to minimize the cost of installing renewable energy resources (photovoltaic systems) as well as energy storage systems (batteries), in addition to the cost of operation over a period of 20 years, which will include the cost of operating the power grid and the charging and discharging of the batteries. To this end, we propose a long-term planning optimization and expansion framework for a smart distribution network. A second order cone programming (SOCP) algorithm is utilized in this work to model the power flow equations. The minimization is computed in accordance to the years (y), seasons (s), days of the week (d), time of the day (t), and different scenarios based on the usage of energy and its production (c). An IEEE 33-bus balanced distribution test bench is utilized to evaluate the performance, effectiveness, and reliability of the proposed optimization and forecasting model. The numerical studies are conducted on two of the highest performing batteries in the current market, i.e., Lithium-ion (Li-ion) and redox flow batteries (RFBs). In addition, the pros and cons of distributed Li-ion batteries are compared with centralized RFBs. The results are presented to showcase the economic profits of utilizing these battery technologies. Full article
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Effect of Twisted Fin Array in a Triple-Tube Latent Heat Storage System during the Charging Mode
by Mohammad Ghalambaz, Jasim M. Mahdi, Amirhossein Shafaghat, Amir Hossein Eisapour, Obai Younis, Pouyan Talebizadeh Sardari and Wahiba Yaïci
Sustainability 2021, 13(5), 2685; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052685 - 02 Mar 2021
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This study aims to assess the effect of adding twisted fins in a triple-tube heat exchanger used for latent heat storage compared with using straight fins and no fins. In the proposed heat exchanger, phase change material (PCM) is placed between the middle [...] Read more.
This study aims to assess the effect of adding twisted fins in a triple-tube heat exchanger used for latent heat storage compared with using straight fins and no fins. In the proposed heat exchanger, phase change material (PCM) is placed between the middle annulus while hot water is passed in the inner tube and outer annulus in a counter-current direction, as a superior method to melt the PCM and store the thermal energy. The behavior of the system was assessed regarding the liquid fraction and temperature distributions as well as charging time and energy storage rate. The results indicate the advantages of adding twisted fins compared with those of using straight fins. The effect of several twisted fins was also studied to discover its effectiveness on the melting rate. The results demonstrate that deployment of four twisted fins reduced the melting time by 18% compared with using the same number of straight fins, and 25% compared with the no-fins case considering a similar PCM mass. Moreover, the melting time for the case of using four straight fins was 8.3% lower than that compared with the no-fins case. By raising the fins’ number from two to four and six, the heat storage rate rose 14.2% and 25.4%, respectively. This study presents the effects of novel configurations of fins in PCM-based thermal energy storage to deliver innovative products toward commercialization, which can be manufactured with additive manufacturing. Full article
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