2023 DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program Peer Review

2023 Peer Review Agenda

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Welcome RemarksAbraham EllisSenior Manager, Sandia National Laboratories Renewable Energy Technologies
Welcome RemarksImre GyukU.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Welcome RemarksGilbert Bindewald IIIPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary,
U.S. DOE Office of Electricity
IntroductionJim GreenbergerNAATBatt International
Roundtable: National Laboratory Energy Storage Program Managers  
Session 1: Deployment Projects
Session Lead: Waylon Clark
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Sandia’s Energy Storage Demonstration Projects Team OverviewWaylon ClarkSandia National Laboratories
Ongoing Demonstration Project UpdatesHenry GuanSandia National Laboratories
CESA Support of Sandia’s Energy Storage Demonstration ProgramTodd Olinsky-PaulClean Energy States Alliance (CESA)
NFPA 855 Code Challenges in DeploymentsMatt PaissPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) Offgrid Demonstration Project in Dilkon, AZGabriel CowlesUrban Electric Power
Vermont Wind Curtailment Mitigation BESSCraig KienyVermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) / Green Mountain Power (GMP)
St. Mary’s / Mountain Village, Alaska: Grid Bridging Demonstration ProjectWilliam ThomsonAlaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC)
Sandia Demonstration Projects Data CollectionTim WilcoxSandia National Laboratories
Session 2: Equity & Resilience
Session Lead: Jen Yoshimura
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Advancing Equity in the DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage ProgramJen YoshimuraPacific Northwest National Laboratory
QuESt Equity: A New Open Source Tool for ESS Equity AnalysisDavid RosewaterSandia National Laboratories
ES4SE Technical Assistance and Project Development & DeploymentJen Yoshimura
Henry Guan
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories
ES4SE Equity and WorkforceAdrienne RackleyPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Community Panel — Advancing Energy Equity & Justice with Community LeadersLes RubinPicuris Pueblo
Community Panel – cont.Abel ThompsonTogether New Orleans
Community Panel – cont.Jonathan LewisKlickitat Valley Health
Session 3: Safety & Reliability
Session Lead: Matt Paiss
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Safety & Reliability OverviewMatt Paiss Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Li-ion Battery Cell Test Update for Grid ApplicationDaiwon ChoiPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reliability Investigation of All-Vanadium Redox Flow BatteriesQian Huang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Impacts of Module Configuration on Lithium-ion Battery Performance and DegradationYuliya PregerSandia National Laboratories
Cross-lab Comparison of Standardized and Module-Level Propagation Modeling: Sandia and NITE CollaborationAlex BatesSandia National Laboratories
Improving Solid State Battery Safety Understanding through Calorimetry and Materials Characterization Megan DiazSandia National Laboratories
Deflagration Prevention for GSL Facility DesignAdam JivelekasPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thermal Runaway Severity Database and Large Area Temperature Monitoring for Energy Storage SystemHsin WangOak Ridge National Laboratory
Evening Reception & Poster Display

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Welcome RemarksImre GyukU.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Keynote Session
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
The Illinois ExperienceBrian GranahanActing Director, Illinois Power Agency
Session 4: Sodium Batteries
Session Lead: Erik Spoerke
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Sodium-Based BatteriesErik SpoerkeSandia National Laboratories
Low Temperature Molten Sodium BatteriesLeo SmallSandia National Laboratories
Shorting in Solid Electrolytes for Long Duration Sodium BatteriesRyan Hill and Y-T ChengUniversity of Kentucky
Intermediate Temperature Sodium Battery TechnologiesGuosheng LiPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nonaqueous Sodium-Based Catholytes for Redox Flow BatteriesEthan SelfOak Ridge National Laboratory
Sodium Ion BatteriesXiaolin LiPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Scalable Method to Produce Sodium Manganese Nickel Iron Oxide Cathode Active MaterialKris PupekArgonne National Laboratory
Session 5: Medium & Long Duration Energy Storage
Session Lead: Imre Gyuk
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
IntroductionsImre GyukU.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Beyond Four Hours: Potential Market Drivers for Deploying Long-Duration Energy StoragePaul DenholmNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
EPRI Involvement with LDES Pilots Kelyn WoodElectric Power Research Institute
Long Duration Solar Thermal Energy StorageMargaret GordonSandia National Laboratories
Mediated Li-S Flow BatteriesLeo SmallSandia National Laboratories
Soluble Iron-Based Redox FlowAaron HollasPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session 6: Flow Batteries
Session Lead: Gaberiel Veith
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Enabling Integration of Renewable Energy Sources with Long Duration Electrochemical Energy StorageGabriel Veith Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Improving the Durability of Sandia’s Flow Battery MembraneCy FujimotoSandia National Laboratories
Recent Developments in Electrolytes and Membranes for Durable Redox Flow BatteriesSandip MauryaLos Alamos National Laboratory
Sugar Additive Enabled High-Capacity and Long-Life Aqueous Organic Flow BatteryRuozhu FengPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tailored Ion-selective Membranes for Low-cost Alkali Metal Redox-flow BatteriesGuang YangOak Ridge National Laboratory
Acoustic-Based Real-Time Monitoring of Redox Flow Battery State-of-HealthWei WangPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session 7: Zinc & Lead Batteries
Session Lead: Xiaolin Li
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Advancing Zn- and Pb-based Batteries for a Safe and Reliable GridXiaolin LiPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Progress in Aqueous Zn-based BatteriesTimothy LambertSandia National Laboratories
Zinc|Manganese Dioxide Batteries for Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) SystemsGautam YadavUrban Electric Power (UEP)
Progress with Manufacturing and Deploying Zn-MnO2 BatteriesSanjoy BanerjeeUrban Electric Power (UEP)
Zinc Battery Research at PNNLMatthew FayettePacific Northwest National Laboratory
X-ray Characterization of Sulfation in Lead Batteries During CyclingTim FisterArgonne National Laboratory
Addressing Interfacial Complexities in Pb-acid Batteries to Enable Higher Cycling LifeVijay MurugesanPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dinner and Keynote Session
TitleKeynote SpeakerOrganization
New Mexico’s Clean Energy Future: Key Partnerships and Strategic VisionSarah Cottrell PropstCabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Welcome RemarksImre GyukU.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Session 8: Power Electronics
Session Lead: Stan Atcitty
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Energy Storage Power Electronics ProgramStan AtcittySandia National Laboratories
Power Electronic System For Secondary Use Batteries (Advancing Controls)Michael StarkeOak Ridge National Laboratory
Development of Modular Hardware Architectures for Medium Voltage Energy Storage SystemsJacob MuellerSandia National Laboratories
Design and Circuit Evaluation of Advanced Iron Nitride MagneticsTodd MonsonSandia National Laboratories
Multi-Port AC-Interfacing Converters with Common High-Frequency LinkAlvaro CardozaMissouri University of Science and Technology
Resilient “Plug-n-Play” Storage Integrated Electricity Solutions for Off-Grid CommunitiesJoseph BenzaquenGeorgia Institute of Technology
A Quasi-Switched-Capacitor-Based Bidirectional Isolated DC-DC Converter with High Voltage Conversion Ratio and Reduced Current RippleZhining ZhangThe Ohio State University
Session 9: Analytics & Tools
Session Lead: Patrick Balducci
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
Review of Recent Energy Storage Analytics ResearchPatrick BalducciArgonne National Laboratory
Ensuring Knowledgeable End-of-Life Considerations in Stationary Storage ApplicationsQiang DaiArgonne National Laboratory
Power System Planning for Decarbonization & Energy StorageCody NewlunSandia National Laboratories
QuESt 2.0 – Open-source Python Platform for Energy Storage Analytics: Major UpdateTu NguyenSandia National Laboratories
Elevating Grid Deployments of Storage with Advanced Analytics and ToolsDi WuPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Long-Term Storage Planning Models and System AnalysisKonstantinos OikonomouPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Advanced Analytics to Support Technoeconomic Studies of New Storage InvestmentsPatrick BalducciArgonne National Laboratory
Session 10: Regulatory
Session Lead: Will McNamara
Session TopicPresenterOrganization
IntroductionsWill McNamara Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Regulatory Program OverviewJeremy TwitchellPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Quantitative Policy Analysis (California Mandate Analysis and Interconnection Queue Analysis)Daniel BoffPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Local Zoning and Permitting for Battery Energy Storage SystemsDevyn PowellPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Economic Analysis of V2G Fleets for Grid Services, Part 2Christine HollandPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Policy: ObservationsWill McNamaraSandia National Laboratories

Poster Presentations

Analytics & Tools

TitleAuthorOrganization
Energy Storage Control Design and Valuation for Puget Sound Energy MicrogridsBilal Ahmad BhattiPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Break-even capital costs for energy storage participating in the CAISO day-ahead energy and ancillary service marketsPedro BarbaSandia National Laboratories
Reliability-based Sizing of Energy Storage for Systems with Very High Renewable Energy PenetrationAtri BeraSandia National Laboratories
Data-Driven Model Predictive Control for Fast-Frequency SupportNiranjan BhujelSandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage System Performance and Degradation Modeling from Shared DataAlasdair CrawfordPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Storage Sizing and Placement Tool in Distribution GridsJohn EddySandia National Laboratories
Transient Stability Control with Battery Energy Storage SystemsRyan ElliottSandia National Laboratories
Economic Analysis of Fleet V2G Applications: Part IIChristine HollandPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage and Decarbonization Analysis for Energy RegulatorsTu NguyenSandia National Laboratories
Multi-Objective Optimization for Asset Management, River Management, and Optimal Revenue using Hydro-Battery HybridsXu MaPacific Northwest National Laboratory
A Survey of Applications of Digital Twins to Battery Management SystemsVittal RaoTexas Tech University
Recommended Practice for Energy Storage Management Systems in Grid ApplicationsDavid SchoenwaldSandia National Laboratories
Mobile Energy Storage for Black Start RestorationKyle SkolfieldSandia National Laboratories
Global Energy Storage Database (GESDB) Database updates and New FeaturesUjjwol TamrakarSandia National Laboratories
Model Predictive Control of Energy Storage Systems for Combined Energy Arbitrage and Power Quality ApplicationsUjjwol TamrakarSandia National Laboratories
Secure Estimation and Attack Detection for Power Grids Under Adversarial AttacksRodrigo TrevizanSandia National Laboratories
Efficient Distributed Energy Storage Voltage Control Using Ensemble Deep Reinforcement Learning Rodrigo TrevizanSandia National Laboratories
ES-Control: An Evaluation and Testing Platform for Energy Storage Control Strategies and AlgorithmsDexin WangPacific Northwest National Laboratory

Equity & Resilience

TitleAuthorOrganization
Building Equitable Community Partnerships: ES4SE Technical Assistance Program EvaluationKevin DuffyPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Justice & Energy StorageJessica KerbyPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Data-Driven Techno-Economic and Resilience Analysis of Community Energy StorageRodrigo TrevizanSandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage for Social Equity- A distinct new approach for Technical Assistance Andrew WhitePacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage for Social Equity: A Distinct New Approach for Technical AssistanceJen YoshimuraPacific Northwest National Laboratory

Flow Batteries

TitleAuthorOrganization
Influence of Linker Group on Bipolar Redox-Active Molecule (BRM) Performance in Non-Aqueous Flow BatteriesTravis AndersonSandia National Laboratories
Impact of surfactants on Carbon Black Slurries used in Flow Battery ApplicationKangJin LeeCase Western Reserve University
Design of Mechanically Robust Membranes for Sodium Polysulfide Hybrid Redox Flow Battery  Michelle LehmannOak Ridge National Laboratory
Mediated Lithium-Sulfur Flow BatteriesMelissa MeyersonSandia National Laboratories
Insights into Degradation Mechanisms of Redox Flow Battery Electrodes via X-ray Absorption  Spectroscopy and Classical Molecular Dynamic SimulationsWenyu SunLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Enabling Long Duration Metal Hybrid Redox Flow BatteriesJesse WainrightCase Western Reserve University

Innovative Deployment Projects

TitleAuthorOrganization
LDES Collaboration Efforts with StatesRamesh KoripellaSandia National Laboratories
Microgrid Sizing for Critical Infrastructure Considering Black-Sky Conditions & Grid Outages Cody NewlunSandia National Laboratories
Sandia Energy Storage Demonstration Team Fielded-System Data CollectionTim WilcoxSandia National Laboratories

Medium & Long Duration Energy Storage

TitleAuthorOrganization
Connecting Remote Alaskan Villages Using an Energy Storage Ready Medium Voltage DC IntertieEmilia HernandezUAF Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Earth Abundant Al-Fe Based Molten Salts for Energy StorageStephen PercivalSandia National Laboratories

Policy

TitleAuthorOrganization
Quantitative Policy Analysis: Impacts of Mandates and Interconnection Reforms on Energy StorageDaniel BoffPacific Northwest National Laboratory
An Overview of Local Zoning Ordinances for Battery Energy Storage SystemsDevyn PowellPacific Northwest National Laboratory
MESA Standards Alliance – Energy Storage Communications Standardization and Testing and Certification ProcessTylor SlayPacific Northwest National Laboratory

Power Electronics

TitleAuthorOrganization
Partial Power Converters for Grid Energy Storage SystemsSai Bhargava AlthurthiUniversity of Houston
Open-source Software-Hardware Platform for Grid Integration of Hybrid BatteriesOindrilla DuttaSandia National Laboratories
Advanced Capacitors for Future Power Conversion SystemsBruce GnadeUniversity of Texas Dallas
Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics Reliability: Device Physics to Converter PerformanceRobert KaplarSandia National Laboratories
Impedance based Stability Analysis of Grid tied Converters Integrated with BESS using DC Impedance ModelsRavi Kumar GaddalaUniversity of Houston
Design of a Storage System Testbed for Refinement of Rack-Scale Thermal ModelsJacob MuellerSandia National Laboratories
Ripple Current and Temperature Distribution in Ceramic Capacitors for DC Link ApplicationsJacob MuellerSandia National Laboratories
High-gain Cell-level all-GaN-based DC-DC Resonant Converter System for Grid-tied Energy Storage SystemsTrevor WarrenHigher Wire Inc.
Multiport Multi-directional Modular and Scalable Power Conversion Platform with DC/AC Source/Storage Integration using Wide Bandgap Power ElectronicsTrevor WarrenHigher Wire Inc.
A Novel Single Stage Bidirectional AC-DC Converter with Simplified Modulation Strategy for Intelligent Home Battery Energy Storage SystemHuanghaohe ZouThe University of Texas at Austin

Safety & Reliability

TitleAuthorOrganization
Are Solid-State Batteries Safer Than Lithium-ion Batteries?Alex BatesSandia National Laboratories
Repeatability in Abuse Testing: Comparison Across LabsLucas GraySandia National Laboratories
Evolution of the Flammability Environment Surrounding Lithium-ion Battery FailuresMichael Hargather
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Thermal Safety and Degradation of Li-Ion Cells
Exposed to Thermal Gradients
Nathan JohnsonSandia National Laboratories
The effects of state of charge and heating rate on the thermal runaway propagation/mitigation boundaryAndrew KurzawskiSandia National Laboratories
Risk Analysis and Database Development of Large-format Li-ion Cells Through Thermal Runaway TestingJill LangendorfSandia National Laboratories
Influences of geometry on vent gas propagation in lithium-ion battery energy storage systemsMichael MeehanSandia National Laboratories
Increasing Battery Management System Resilience Following Identification of Sensor Anomalies Using Unknown Input ObserverVictoria ObrienSandia National Laboratories
Evaluating Battery Cycle Life Prediction Methods Across a Variety of Datasets Yuliya PregerSandia National Laboratories
Convective Thermal Runaway Propagation via Vented Gases from Failing Li-ion BatteriesAla’ QatramezThe University of Memphis
Battery Worker SafetyDavid RosewaterSandia National Laboratories
Fe-Ni Battery Testing for Peak Shaving And Frequency Regulation ApplicationsNimat ShamimPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Quantification of Chlorine Gas Generation in Mixed-Acid Vanadium Redox Flow BatteriesReed WittmanSandia National Laboratories
Long-Term Cycling of 18650 Li-ion Cells Beyond 80% CapacityReed WittmanSandia National Laboratories

Sodium Batteries

TitleAuthorTitle
Sodium Solid Electrolyte Battery DevelopmentNeil KidnerAdena Power
Towards Sustainable High-Performance Sodium- Ion Battery CathodesMarcos LuceroPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Molten Salt Speciation Affects Electrochemistry and Battery Cycling: Raman Spectroscopy and Modeling AnalysisStephen PercivalSandia National Laboratories
Current State of NaSICON for Molten Sodium BatteriesAmanda PerettiSandia National Laboratories
Low Temperature Molten Sodium BatteriesLeo SmallSandia National Laboratories
Unlocking the NaCl-AlCl3 Phase Diagram for Low-Cost, Long-Duration Energy StorageMark WellerPacific Northwest National Laboratory

Zinc & Lead Batteries

TitleAuthorOrganization
Ionic diffusion in hydrogel electrolytes for two-electron Zn-MnO2 batteriesJungsang ChoCUNY Energy Institute
Comparing Hydrogen Evolution Rates in Potassium Acetate and Potassium Hydroxide-based Electrolytes for Zinc Aqueous BatteriesDebayon DuttaCity College of New York
Molecular Mechanisms of Nucleation and Growth on Barite Expanders for Lead Acid BatteriesTim FisterArgonne National Laboratory
Enabling Simulations of Alkaline Electrolytes in Zinc BatteriesAmalie FrischknechtSandia National Laboratories
Spectroscopic Characterization of Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries for the GridJoshua GallawayNortheastern University
Undersanding The Structure and Properties of the Nonstoichiometric Lead DioixideTiffany KinnibrughArgonne National Laboratory
Synergistically Stabilizing Zinc Anodes by Molybdenum Dioxide Coating and Tween 80 Electrolyte Additive for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion BatteriesXingbo LiuWest Virginia University
Practicality and Electrochemistry of Acetate Water-in-salt Electrolyte (WiSE) for Zinc Battery CyclingDamon TurneyThe City College of New York
Improving Alkaline Zinc-Copper Oxide Batteries Through Chemical ModificationsBryan WygantSandia National Laboratories
Transition Metal Multichalcogenides as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air BatteriesBryan WygantSandia National Laboratories
Understanding the Role of Calcium Zincate (Ca[Zn(OH)3]2·2H2O) in Improving Cycle Life and Performance in Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc BatteriesPatrick YangThe CUNY Graduate Center and The City College of New York
Additive Manufacturing of Structured Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc BatteriesCheng ZuLawrence Livermore National Laboratory