Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Storage Technologies |
Energy Storage for Integrated Energy
Systems
UNSW ’ s world-first developments in energy storage and flow battery technology , including the vanadium redox flow battery , provide opportunities for maximising renewable energy power plant performance and improvements in electricity quality and supply . Advancements made on flow battery technology have been utilised globally in large-scale demonstration and commercial projects . |
Competitive Advantage • Redox flow batteries offer lower cost and longer cycle life than conventional battery systems without thermal issues
• Up to 200,000 cycles for a vanadium flow battery demonstrated in commercial wind system
• Lower risk than Li-ion technology – no emissions or fire hazards
• Advanced battery control approaches based on mechanisms of electrochemical reactions to improve efficiency and flexibility of battery operation
Impact • Use of vanadium batteries for simultaneous electricity quality control and power demand / supply balance ( without supercapacitors ) to reduce the capital and maintenance costs of systems
Successful Applications |
• Dedicated computation laboratories for advanced simulation modelling and associated facilities for validation studies
• Extensive state-of-the-art electrochemical and mechanical laboratories
• Advanced additive and automated manufacturing facilities
Our Collaborators • North Harbour Clean Energy
• Fraunhofer ICT
More Information Associate Professor Chris Menictas
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
T : + 61 2 9385 6269
E : c . menictas @ unsw . edu . au
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• Vanadium flow battery developed at UNSW now manufactured commercially by companies in Japan , China , USA , UK and Germany |
Professor Jie Bao School of Chemical Engineering |
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• Installation of a 200 MW / 800 MWh VRB in Dalian , China
• Licensing of vanadium battery technology to international sponsors
• Development of a vanadium oxygen laboratory scale fuel cell system
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T : + 61 2 9385 6755 E : j . bao @ unsw . edu . au
Professor . Maria Skyllas-Kazacos School of Chemical Engineering
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• Scale-up of an iron slurry flow battery system |
T : + 61 2 9385 4335 |
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E : m . skyllas-kazacos @ unsw . edu . au |
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Capabilities and Facilities |
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• 30 kW / 130 kWh commercial VRB system |