Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Grid Transformation |
Advanced Energy Storage Interfaces for
the Digital Grid
Advanced energy storage techniques require advanced grid interfaces . Such advanced interfaces ensure that bidirectional inverter or converter technologies are capable of harnessing the benefits of the storage technique , helping unlock the advantages of new storage technologies . |
Competitive Advantage • Capabilities across all energy storage related areas
• Novel interfaces for single-and three-phase AC systems reduce costs and improve energy storage utilisation
• Unique research and demonstration of hybrid and reconfigurable energy storage systems that can be adapted online to fulfil different operating modes
• Lab-scale development with grid simulation up to 50 kVA
Impact • Extending the lifetime of energy storage systems
Successful Applications • Application of technology at laboratory-scale to include both DC and AC microgrid systems
• Supported development of energy storage solutions for NSW rail networks
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Our Collaborators • ARUP
• Renewable Energy Systems ( RES )
• Transport for NSW
• Australian Energy Market Operator ( AEMO )
• TransGrid
• Ausgrid
More Information Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au
Dr Branislav Hredzak
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
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Capabilities and Facilities |
T : + 61 2 9385 4895
E : b . hredzak @ unsw . edu . au
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• Real-time digital simulation with power hardware-inthe-loop capability up to 50 kVA |
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• Best-in-class laboratory equipment including PV simulation , three-and single-phase grid simulation , and load emulation |
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• Five-node AC microgrid with 5 kVA node capability |
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• Arbin battery and supercapacitor tester with environmental chamber |
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