Testing energy storage workflow diagram

What is energy storage performance testing?

Performance testing is a critical component of safe and reliable deployment of energy storage systems on the electric power grid. Specific performance tests can be applied to individual battery cells or to integrated energy storage systems.

What is a stored energy test?

The goal of the stored energy test is to calculate how much energy can be supplied discharging, how much energy must be supplied recharging, and how efficient this cycle is. The test procedure applied to the DUT is as follows: Specify charge power Pcha and discharge power Pdis Preconditioning (only performed before testing starts):

What are energy storage systems?

Energy storage systems (ESSs), and particularly battery energy storage systems, are finding their way into a very wide range of applications for utilities, commercial, industrial, military and residential power. Applications include renewable integration, frequency regulation, critical backup power, peak shaving, load leveling, and more.

What is energy storage performance?

Performance, in this context, can be defined as how well a BESS supplies a specific service. The various applications for energy storage systems (ESSs) on the grid are discussed in Chapter 23: Applications and Grid Services. A useful analogy of technical performance is miles per gallon (mpg) in internal combustion engine vehicles.

What is DTE Energy CES testing?

The testing is being performed for DTE Energy as part of the US Department of Energy’s Energy Storage Smart Grid Demonstration Program. The CES consists of a power conditioning system, and a battery energy storage unit. Testing may include basic operation, round-trip efficiency, peak shaving, and frequency regulation.

How do you test an integrated system?

Testing on integrated systems is often specified in normalized quantities and must be scaled to the specific DUT. In testing for use in electric vehicles, this is accomplished by establishing performance targets and scaling the tests to the minimum number of cells that would meet the targets .