2019 Program Peer Review and Update Meeting

The 2019 Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Program Peer Review and Update Meeting was held Sept. 23-26 at the Hotel Andaluz, Albuquerque, NM.

Most presentations are available for download from the links within the agenda below.

Monday, September 23

Posters
Energy Storage Planning Efforts for Regional Demonstrations Projects	Alexander Headley, Tu Nguyen (PI)	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Valuation at San Carlos Apache Tribe	Rodrigo Trevizan, Tu Nguyen (PI)	Sandia National Laboratories
Zincate-Blocking Polymeric Separators for Zn/MnO2 Batteries	Igo Kolesnichenko, Tim Lambert (PI)	Sandia National Laboratories
Interfacial Engineering in Sodium Batteries	Martha Gross, Erik Spoerke (PI)	Sandia National Laboratories
Effect of ZnO-Saturated Electrolyte on Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries at High Depth-of-Discharge	Matthew Lim, Tim Lambert (PI)	Sandia National Laboratories
Synthesis of Advanced Magnetic Materials for Inductors and Transformers	Tyler Stevens, Todd Monson (PI)	Sandia National Laboratories
Advanced Cathodes for Intermediate-Temperature Na-Metal Halide Batteries	Xiaowen Zhan, Guosheng Li (PI)	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reliability Testing of Lead Acid Battery Module for Grid Services	Nimat Shamim, David Reed (PI)	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dihydroxyphenazines as Anolytes for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Nadeesha Nambukar Wellala	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Operando Investigations of Bismuth Additives on the Rechargeability of MnO2 in Alkaline Batteries	Andrea Bruck, Matthew Kim, Josh Gallaway (PI)	Northeastern University

Tuesday, September 24

Welcome/Opening Session
Opening Plenary / Overview	Jim Greenberger	NAATBatt
DOE Welcome	Dr. Imre Gyuk	DOE Office of Electricity
Partnerships
2020 Biennial Energy Storage Review	Ramteen Sioshansi	The Ohio State University
Engaging Academia: Creating Productive Networks	Erik Spoerke	Sandia National Laboratories
Update on Energy Storage System Reliability Codes & Standards Activities	Charlie Vartanian	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Projects Team Overview	Daniel Borneo	Sandia National Laboratories
Equitable Regulatory Environment
Overview of Equitable Regulatory Environment Programs at PNNL	Jeremy Twitchell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Regulatory Insights from the Southeastern Energy Storage Workshop	Rebecca O’Neil	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
An Energy Storage Valuation Handbook for Regulators	Dhruv Bhatnagar	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Valuation of Energy Storage in the US Electricity and Frequency Regulation Markets	Felipe Wilches-Bernal	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Policy Initiatives	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories
Industry Acceptance
Nantucket Island Energy Storage System Assessment	Patrick Balducci	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Demonstration of Energy Storage Benefits Around the Nation	Ben Schenkman	Sandia National Laboratories
Microgrid Evaluation Tool	Di Wu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Technical Challenges for Energy Storage in Metro Rail Applications	Kevin Blackman	Helix Power Corporation
BESS Control of A Grid to Liberate Renewables	Clay Koplin	Cordova Electric Cooperative (CEC)
Materials
Zn/MnO2 Batteries	Tim Lambert	Sandia National Laboratories
Progress on the Development of the Zn-MnO2 Rechargeable Battery	Sanjoy Banerjee	Urban Electric Power
High Voltage Zn-MnO2 batteries: Making Zn the new Li	Gautam Yadav	City College of New York
Discharge Mechanism of MnO2 in Deep Cycle Rechargeable Zn-MnO2 Batteries	Igor Vasiliev	New Mexico State University
Advanced Manganese Oxide-based Cathodes for Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries	Xingbo Liu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Safety Performance
Thermal Runaway Risks for Li-ion Batteries in Energy Storage Systems	Hsin Wang	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Abuse Test Development: Mechanisms and Materials Impact of Abused LithiumIon Batteries	Loraine Torres-Castro	Sandia National Laboratories
Predicting and Mitigating Cascading Failure in Stacks of Lithium-Ion Cells	John Hewson	Sandia National Laboratories
Update on Energy Storage System Safety Codes & Standards Activities	Matthew Paiss	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Wednesday, September 25

Reliability
Long-term Performance Assessment of Li-ion Battery Chemistries under Grid Services	Daiwon Choi	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Safety and Performance of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Heat Release from Thermal Decomposition of Layered Metal Oxide Cathodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries	Randy Shurtz	Sandia National Laboratories
Battery State of Health Model	Vish Viswanathan	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Washington Clean Energy Fund Battery Testing Program Results	Alasdair Crawford	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Analytics
Overview of Sandia’s Energy Storage Analytics Work/Equitable Regulatory Environment Thrust Area	Raymond Byrne	Sandia National Laboratories
Operating Cost Model for Battery Energy Storage System	Tu Nguyen	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Financing & System Pricing Survey Study Series	Richard Baxter	Mustang Prairie Energy
Optimization Performance Evaluation Tool	Jan Alam	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
QuESt: An Energy Storage Application Suite	Ricky Concepcion	Sandia National Laboratories
Materials (continued)
Elucidating Molecular Transport through Membranes in Flow Batteries	Travis Anderson	Sandia National Laboratories
Materials and Membranes for High Energy Density Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Jagjit Nanda	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Phenazine-Based Anolyte Materials in Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Aaron Hollas	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Capacity Fade with Aqueous-soluble Organics: Its Measurement, Minimization, and Reversal	Michael Aziz	Harvard University
Predicting Functionality and Resiliency of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries	Vijay Murugesan	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Low Temperature Molten Sodium Halide Batteries	Erik Spoerke	Sandia National Laboratories
Component Research for Redox Flow Batteries and Open Batteries	Tom Zawodzinski	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Battery Systems Based on Naturally Abundant, Low Cost Materials	Amy Marschilok	Stony Brook University
Advanced Membranes for Flow Batteries: Anion Exchange Membranes	Cy Fujimoto	Sandia National Laboratories
Understanding the Mechanical Behavior of Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage	Yang-Tse Cheng	University of Kentucky
Investigation of Intermediate Temperature Na-Metal Halide (Na-MH) Batteries and Large Cell Demonstration	Guosheng Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Development of High-performance Na-ion Battery with Layered Transitional Metal Oxide Cathodes	Xiaolin Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Power Electronics
Development of the Sandia Advanced Power Electronic Conversion Systems Laboratory	Jacob Mueller	Sandia National Laboratories
Smart GaN-based Inverters for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems	Medhi Ferdowsi	InnoCit
Low Voltage and High Current Bidirectional Converter for Grid-tied Flow Battery Energy Storage System	Alex Huang	University of Texas at Austin
High Frequency Link Converters using Advanced Magnetics	Todd Monson	Sandia National Laboratories
Medium-voltage Power Electronics for Grid-tied Energy Storage Applications	Anant Agarwal	The Ohio State University

Thursday, September 26

Energy Storage Equitable Regulatory Environment Workshop
Raymond Byrne, Facilitator	Sandia National Laboratories
Patrick Balducci, Facilitator	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Howard Passell	Sandia National Laboratories
Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories
Bobby Jeffers	Sandia National Laboratories
Jeremy Twitchell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dhruv Bhatnagar	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session Wrap-Up
PNNL OE Energy Storage Review	Vince Sprenkle	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ORNL Energy Storage Program Review 2019	Michael Starke	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
DOE OE Energy Storage Program at Sandia – FY19 Summary	Babu Chalamala	Sandia National Laboratories
Farewell	Dr. Imre Gyuk	DOE Office of Electricity