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<p>Oxidation-reduction reaction<br />Photovoltaic cells<br />Renewable energy sources<br />Storage batteries -- Design and construction<br />Vanadium -- Electric properties</p>
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Performance Characterization And Optimization Of Microgrid-Based Energy Generation And Storage Technologies, Joe D. Guggenberger Ii
Performance Characterization And Optimization Of Microgrid-Based Energy Generation And Storage Technologies, Joe D. Guggenberger Ii
Doctoral Dissertations
"Renewable energy-powered microgrids have proven to be a valuable technology for self-contained (off-grid) energy systems. Characterizing microgrid system performance pre-deployment would allow the system to be appropriately sized to meet all required electrical loads at a given renewable source operational time frequency. A vanadium redox battery was empirically characterized to determine operating efficiency as a function of charging characteristics and parasitic load losses. A model was developed to iteratively determine system performance based on known weather conditions and load requirements. A case study was performed to compare modeled system performance to measurements taken during operation of the microgrid system. Another …