Battery Energy Storages in Smart Grids

Lecture 1 (Introduction):

• Need for increased flexibility in future power systems
• Potential of different type of energy storages to provide flexibility (especially battery energy storages)
• Related activities in Finland & Europe

Lecture 2 (Battery Energy Storage Systems and Applications):

• Different battery energy storage technologies (Lead Acid, Nickel Metal Hydride and Flow batteries)
• Lithium-ion based batteries
• Lithium-ion batteries for grid applications
• Hybrid energy storage systems
• Case studies

Lecture 3 (Characterization, Modeling and Management of Li-ion Battery Energy Storages (First and Second-life)):

• Lithium-ion battery modelling techniques
• Battery Management System (BMS)
• Cell Monitoring
• Safety and protection principles / solutions for batteries
• Cell balancing control
• Thermal management / Temperature control
• Charging/discharging control
• State of Charge (SOC) Estimation methods
• State of Health (SOH) Estimation methods

Lecture 4 (Power Conversion Systems for Battery Storages):

• Power conversion systems & Microgrids: Basics
• Basic structures of the Buck & Boost DC-DC power converters
• Types of DC-DC Bidirectional power converters (non-Isolated DC-DC power converters, isolated DC-DC power converters)
• Single-phase Full-Bridge DC-AC Bi-directional power converter systems
• Three-phase Full-Bridge DC-AC Bi-directional power converter systems
• Control systems of power converters

Lecture 5 (Electrical Vehicles and Smart Grids):

• Types of electric vehicles (EVs) and world-wide statistics
• Charging technologies and charger types
• Hybrid EV powertrain architectures
• Methods of EV charging (Unmanaged, V1G, V2G)
• Advanced EV charger structures
• Charging stations
• EV load forecasting in Smart Grids

Lecture 6 (Batteries in Hybrid Power Plants and Microgrids):

• Hybrid power plants
• AC and DC Microgrids: Structure, importance and challenges
• AC and DC Microgrids hierarchical control levels
• DC-bus signaling (DBS)
• DC Microgrid stability criteria
• Batteries energy balancing

Lecture 7 (Batteries in Marine Microgrids & Smart Port Grids):

• State of the art of ships electrification
• Full electric shipboards
• Hybrid electric ferries and marine power plants
• Shipboard microgrids and their challenges and benefits
• Seaport microgrids
• Energy storage systems for port cranes

Lecture 8 (Multi- Use of Battery Energy Storages):

• Flexibility services provision by battery energy storages (BES)
• DER/BES control possibilities, grid codes, standards and guidelines for providing flexibility services
• Markets for DER/BES flexibility services
• Multi-use of BES for local and system-wide services
• Use case and research examples