Specific plan for energy storage system testing

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 are the test procedures for energy storage systems?

Test procedures can be based on established test manuals, such as the Protocol for Uniformly Measuring and Expressing the Performance of Energy Storage Systems [iii] or similar protocols. 4.

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 is a battery energy storage system?

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are expected to be an integral component of future electric grid solutions. Testing is needed to verify that new BESS products comply with grid standards while delivering the performance expected for utility applications.

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 the energy storage standard?

The Standard covers a comprehensive review of energy storage systems, covering charging and discharging, protection, control, communication between devices, fluids movement and other aspects.