Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Storage Technologies |
Competitive Advantage • A range of technologies from low-cost cell balancing technologies to complex management systems that utilise ultra-low power IoT / wireless technologies – simplify the collection of cell parameters and control the cell charge ( e . g ., using novel DC-DC converter technologies )
• A high-power density DC-DC converter technology that decreases the size and volume of the battery management system
• An IoT / wireless interface that decreases the complexity of the system , improving reliability and security
• Ability to provide lab-scale development with interface capability up to 50 kVA
Impact • Development of advanced BMS technologies that improve safety , reliability and lifetime , while ensuring cell performance at optimum levels
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• Direct AC linked hybrid ( battery / ultracapacitor ) energy storage system with second order harmonic current reduction
• Temperature monitoring system for ultracapacitor strings using a limited number of temperature sensors
Capabilities and Facilities • Hardware-in-loop simulation for rapid assessment of control techniques
• Hardware testing capability up to 50kVA , 1kV , 400A
• Arbin Instruments battery tester , Cadex C8000 battery testing system with a load capture unit , Hioki battery simulator , GAMRY Model REF3000 potentiostat , LiBa WorkStation , TempEvent temperature chamber with the EUCAR 5 level capability
• Prototypes of active and passive balancers , hybrid ( battery / ultracapacitor ) energy storage system , and reconfigurable power converter
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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 T : + 61 2 9385 4895 E : b . hredzak @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
Our Collaborators • RST Projects
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• Solar car battery management systems |
• Taipei Locomotives |
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• Pipeline pigging applications |
• BenAn Energy |
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• BMS systems for traction drives |
• Dovetail Electric Aviation |
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• Prototypes of active and passive balancing systems for various battery chemistries
• Distributed cooperative balancing system for reconfigurable battery systems
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• Dante Aeronautical
• LAVO / Providence
• Master Instruments
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• Modular multilevel battery storage system with second order harmonic current reduction |
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