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The electrical energy generation is one of the main pollution causes as it is still largely based on oil and coal generators. Renewable energy sources are the most mature alternative but their production is intermittent and then require energy storage systems able to store a high quantity of energy to increase their usability. The second-life batteries of electric vehicles and low-cost battery chemistries are the best candidates to compose low-cost energy storage systems for these applications. These batteries must be parallel-connected to obtain the required capacity. A novel parallelization approach based on Input Parallel/Output Serial DC/DC Partial Power converter series-connected to each battery is presented in this paper. This approach is applied to different case studies showing that controlling only the 15% of the battery power allows the DC/DC converter to control the sharing of the grid current among the batteries. The reduction of the controlled power leads to a reduction of the cost of the energy storage system.
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This study was carried out within the MOST - Sustainable Mobility Center and received funding from the European Union Next-GenerationEU (PIANO NAZIONALE DI RIPRESA E RESILIENZA (PNRR) - MISSIONE 4 COMPONENTE 2, INVESTIMENTO 1.4 - D.D. 1033 17/06/2022, CN00000023). Moreover, the project was partially funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 - Call for tender No. 1561 of 11.10.2022 of Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR); funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU. The work was partially supported by the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR) in the framework of the FoReLab project (Departments of Excellence). This manuscript reflects only the authors’ views and opinions, neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be considered responsible for them.
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Simonte, G. et al. (2024). Novel Battery Parallelization Approach Using DC/DC Partial Power Converter in Micro-Grids. In: Bellotti, F., et al. Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society. ApplePies 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1110. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_49
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