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IEEE STARTS STANDARD FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERIES IN REMOTE HYBRID SYSTEMS
Standard will Guide Battery Choice and Operation in Stand-Alone Power Installations for Villages, Telecom Sites and Other Locations
Contact:
Jay Chamberlin, Chair of the Energy Storage
Subsystems Working Group
+1 505-296-3135, jlchamb@sandia.gov
Karen McCabe,
IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
PISCATAWAY,
NJ, USA 2 February 2004 Hybrid electrical power systems are
often used in remote applications when reliable, off-grid power
is needed for telecommunications sites, isolated villages and
other locations. Such hybrid systems often couple lead-acid batteries
with renewable (e.g., photovoltaic or wind turbine power) and
dispatchable sources (e.g., diesel generators). Given the variety
of lead-acid batteries available, there is a need for clear guidance
on how to choose and operate them.
The IEEE will provide such guidance through a new standard it has started to develop, IEEE P1561™, "Guide for Optimizing the Performance and Life of Lead-Acid Batteries in Remote Hybrid Power Systems." The standard will give those who design, evaluate, own and operate remote hybrid systems the basis for selecting an appropriate lead-acid battery technology to satisfy different operating strategies based on a system's load, the capacities of its renewable-energy and dispatchable generators, and the availability of renewable resources and fuel.
"Remote hybrid electrical systems are a growing power resource worldwide," says Jay Chamberlin, Chair of the IEEE Energy Storage Subsystems Working Group. "They bring essential energy services to remote sites to ensure that applications such as village power, microwave repeaters and other stand-alone telecom systems have reliable power.
"Those who design and use such systems face a welter of lead-acid battery decisions when selecting and operating such batteries to best suit their needs. This involves choosing a major type of lead-acid battery, such as vented or valve-regulated, as well as its technology, including lead calcium or lead antimony chemistries, and usage characteristics, for example, deep or shallow cycle."
Chamberlin says the standard will provide guidance in selecting an appropriate lead-acid battery for a specific hybrid application by considering the trade-offs involved in choosing the operational performance desired, fuel cost versus battery cost, renewable resource availability, and battery characteristics and availability.
Anyone interested
in working on this standard, especially system designers and integrators
and end users, should contact the working group secretary, Lauren
Giles, at LGiles@energetics.com
or 410-953-6250 for more information on the proposed standard
and on upcoming meetings.
IEEE P1561
is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee (IEEE
SCC21) on Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation, and
Energy Storage.
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