Title :
Vanadium energy storage system concepts for telecommunications applications
Author :
Hawkins, John M. ; Robbins, Tim
Author_Institution :
Telepower Australia Pty Ltd., Knoxfield, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
The vanadium redox battery (VRB) is a flow battery technology that has technical performance characteristics which are attractive for a number of industrial energy storage applications, including diesel-abatement concepts in remote area power supply (RAPS) applications, standby power plant, medium and large-scale grid-connected load-leveling, and distributed power conditioning. VRB technology is currently undergoing commercialization. The VRB exhibits considerable cost competitiveness against many conventional energy storage technologies, and has a number of unique design attributes well suited for applications within telecommunications powering infrastructure. This paper describes concepts to integrate the basic VRB into a new and unique energy storage technology-the vanadium energy storage system (VESS)-for use in telecommunications powering applications
Keywords :
secondary cells; telecommunication power supplies; vanadium; diesel replacement applications; distributed power conditioning; energy storage technology; flow battery technology; grid-connected load-leveling; remote PV application; remote area power supply; remote solar application; standby power plant; technical performance characteristics; telecommunications powering applications; vanadium energy storage system; vanadium redox battery; Australia; Batteries; Chemical technology; Costs; Electricity supply industry; Emergency power supplies; Energy storage; Large-scale systems; Power generation; Reservoirs;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication Energy Conference, 1999. INTELEC '99. The 21st International
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5624-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.1999.794123
