Metal Air Batteries International Congress 2016 Santander, Spain, 7 th March2016 Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 1
Demonstration of a low cost and environmentally friendly Zinc Air Energy Storage System for renewable energy integration LIFE13ENV/ES/001159 Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 2
Contents 1. Partners 2. Project 3. Status 4. Next steps Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 3
Técnicas Reunidas International general contractor (EPC) Founded 1960, +1.000 industrial plants worldwide #3 in ranking of Top International Contractors Middle East 2014: Revenues 3.149 M, +8.000 employees Oil& Gas Refining Power Civil & Industrial Research& Development Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 4
Técnicas Reunidas PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 5.000 m 2, 60 employees PilotPlants Hydro metallurgy Energy Storage Environ ment Bio refineries Workshop Chemical Analysis Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 5
CENER National Renewable Energy Centre (Spain) Founded in 2002, 100 M total investment in research facilities 2015: Budget 19 m (60% self-financing), 190 employees Biomass Energy Energy in Buildings Headquarters (Sarriguren) WindTurbine Laboratory (Sangüesa) 2G Biofuels Laboratory (Aoiz) Solar Thermal Energy Renewable Energy Integration Solar PV Energy Wind Energy Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 6
CENER ATENEA Microgrid (Sangüesa) Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 7
Renewable energy integration Wind and solar, aggregated Solar, short duration Wind curtailment Wind, short duration Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 8
Zinc-Air Flow Battery Safe Low cost Environmentally friendly Negative Positive Cell E 0 = 1,6 V Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 9
Three electrodes per cell (-) Nickel sheet (+) Nickel mesh (+) Gas diffusion electrode Non-optimal, adds mechanical complexity and cost Robust solution to evaluate system performance (Baseline) Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 10
Objectives Scalability Environmental impact Performance Cost estimates Legal & Regulatory Dissemination Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 11
Timeline 2014 2015 2016 2017 A1. Storage Requirements B1. System Specifications B2. System Design B3. Construction B4. Demonstration B5. Techno-economic validation B6. Environmental impact B7. Legal & Regulatory C. Impact monitoring D. Dissemination E. Management Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 12
Specifications Nominal Total Power 1 kw Energy 4 kwh Voltage 20 V Current 50 A Capacity 200Ah Electrolyte 1.000 L DoD 20-40% 3 stacks x 20 cells x 500 cm 2 Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 13
Design Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 14
Construction Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 15
Construction Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 16
Next steps Start-up and demonstration Techno-economic validation (1 MW projections) Environmental Assessment Legal & Regulatory Assessment Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 17
Challenges in scale-up Leakage uniform pressure distribution Ohmic resistance thick current collectors Separator movement plastic meshes Gas diffusion electrode flooding Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 18
Current and future prospects Components Power electronics BMS LIFE ZAESS Workshop: Redox Flow Batteries 14 th June, Madrid Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 19
Questions http://www.zaess.eu/ info@zaess.eu Project founded by the European Commission under the LIFE+ program. Project LIFE13 ENV/ES/001159 Metal Air Batteries International Congress, Santander, 7-10 March 2016 20