Low Cost Li-Ion Battery Storage from Recycled Cells for Distributed Power Generation Using Renewable Resources

这项研究项目将展示一种创新的电池系统，该系统利用回收的锂离子电池在使用太阳能、生物乙醇和生物质等可再生能源的小型分布式发电厂中进行储能。通过使用再生电池，我们估计，与类似规模的系统相比，建议的系统将降低高达80%的成本。此外，新颖的设计和工程允许进行持续的电池维护，因此整个电池系统永远不需要完全更换，除非更换定期发生故障的单个电池。例如，在一个有3000个电池的电池组中，我们预计到第3年需要更换10%或300个电池。由于系统的设计，电池管理系统可以识别电池的准确位置，物理电池的更换可以在2分钟内完成。本项目的目标是重复使用锂离子(Li-ion)电池，并展示用于微型热电联产电厂储能应用的电池系统。该项目的目标是：(I)为这类电池设计合适的电池外壳和电池管理系统，以便于更换电池；(Ii)通过测试，在现实世界的分布式发电应用中展示可再生能源。通过使用新颖的电池外壳设计和电池管理系统，易于更换电池，我们预计将显著降低初始和持续拥有成本，以扩大分布式发电，特别是来自可再生能源的储能使用。与此同时，这将把日益增长的废流转化为宝贵的第二生命资源，造福环境。其他好处包括：增加间歇性可再生能源(如太阳能和风能)的使用率，减少电子废物。预计将进行真实环境的设计测试，以测试电池的技术性能和商业模式的商业可行性。

"This research project will demonstrate an innovative battery system that utilizes recycled Li-Ion battery cell for energy storage in a small-scale distributed power plant using renewables such as solar, bio-ethanol and biomass. From using recycled cells, we estimate the proposed system will reduce cost by up 80% comparing to similar sized system. Moreover, the novel design and engineering allows for ongoing battery maintenance so the entire battery system never requires complete replacement except for swapping out individual cells that failed periodically. For example, in a battery pack of 3000 cells we would expect 10% or 300 cells requiring replacement by year 3\. Due to the system design the battery management system can identify the exact cell location and physical cell replacement can be done in under 2 minutes.The goal of this project is to reuse lithium ion (li-ion) batteries and demostrate the batteries system for a micro-CHP power plant energy storage application. This project looks to:(i) design a suitable battery casing and battery management system for this type of cells to allow for easy cell replacement(ii) testing to demonstrate in a real-world distributed generation application from renewablesBy using a novel battery casing design and battery management system for easy cell replacement, we expect to lower initial and on-going ownership cost significantly to expand energy storage usage for distributed generation, particularly from renewables. At the same time, this will convert a growing waste stream to a valuable second-life resource to benefit the environment. Other benefits includes: increasing utilisation intermittent renewable energy (e.g. solar and wind), and reduction of e-waste.The real world environment testing of design is expected to be conducted to test the technical performance of batteries and commercial feasibility of business model."