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Subtask 53 Meeting at Dresden, 10-12 April 2018.
Dr. Dimitri Torregrossa, Antoine
Boss and Pr. Dr. Elena-Lavinia
Niederhäuser
Profitability of Second-Life Lithium-ion
Storage Devices for Smart Buildings
Institute for Applied Research into Energy Systems
(ENERGY)
Aurora’s Grid Sàrl
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Second-life battery: Definition
First life battery: whenever the capacity goes
from 100% to 80% and/or the equivalent series
resistance goes from 1 p.u to 2 p.u.
Second-life battery: whenever the capacity goes
from 80% down to 66-60% of the starting value.
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Second-life battery: Source
Based on the EVs that have been sold last 5
years, from 2020 we will start to have the first
samples of second-life batteries (mainly from
EVs)
The research question to be adressed is:
From an economic and environmental point of view, does it make sense to collect those exausted
batteries and re-use them with lower performances?
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Ongoing Project at HEIA-FR
At HEIA-FR we received funds to answer to these
questions.
Deliverables:
• Experimental characterization of reduced
performances of aged cells;
• Whole LCA comparing first and second
life Li-ion cells
• Computation of its profitability for smart-
building applications.
PSA, Empa and Aurora’s Gird are partners 4
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Preliminary results
We have already computed the preliminary
profitability of those second-life scenario
batteries for smart building applications.
We took into account a dedicated ageing model
of battery, as well as retail and feed-in tariff of
Switzerland.
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Preliminary results
Hypothesis:
• Retail electricity price of 21 ct of CHF/kWh;
• Feed-in electricity price of 5 ct of CHF/kWh;
• Li-ion second-life BES price equal to 150 CHF
per kWh.
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Battery Modelling Factors
Non-linearity effects have to be taken into
account;
Efficiency of the cell (85%-95%);
Rate capacity effect:
• lower discharge rate >> higher extracted
energy
• lower charge rate >> higher stored energy
Ageing associated with DoD;
Ageing associated with discharge C-rate.
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Battery Modelling Factors
Rate capacity effect
Between 0.2C and 1C there is 6-7% of difference 8
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Battery Modelling Factors
DoD vs Cyclelife, NMC-graphite cell
B. Xu; A. Oudalov; A. Ulbig; G. Andersson; D. Kirschen, "Modeling of Lithium-Ion Battery
Degradation for Cell Life Assessment," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-1.
DoD 60%, 2300
cycles
DoD 100%, 700
cycles
DoD 60%, 2300
cycles
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Battery Modelling Factors
DoD vs Cyclelife vs Discharge rate, LFPO cell
Database on ageing of Battery https://www.powertechsystems.eu/fr/home/technique/la-
technologie-lithium-fer-phosphate).
cycles
1C, 100%, 1900 cycles
0.25C, 75%, 7000
cycles
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Battery Ageing Model
Structure of the battery ageing model
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Preliminary resultsBenefits vs Battery Size vs PV Peak Power
5 years second-life battery 12
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Preliminary resultsBenefits vs Battery Size vs PV Peak Power
5 years second-life battery + 3 years of third-life thanks to our ageing management13
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Conclusion and Outlooks
Second-life batteries are not profitable during
the declared 5 years of nominal life;
Third-life, namely 3 years after the second-life
involve an economic benefit (up to 25% of the
investment cost);
We have to manage the usage of the BES for
minimizing its ageing, increasing the lifetime
and consequently the benefit.
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Thank you for your attention
Institute for Applied Research into Energy Systems
(ENERGY)
University of Applied Science in Fribourg, Switzerland
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Is ageing really so important?
The majority of Home Energy Storage devices
are not profitable with the current price.
Example:
6.3 kWh, 3.3 kW, Li-ion NMC, efficiency 95%,
Cycle life 8000 cycles at DoD=80%;
installation cost 9000 Eur
Cost per kWh= 0.24 Eur
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Is ageing really so important?
With Ageing Aware Software:1300 CHF benefit/kWh
8000 cycles
Without Ageing Aware Software:120 CHF benefit/kWh
1500 cycles
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