Second use of transportation batteries: Maximizing the value of batteries for transportation and grid services

Journal Article · Thu Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2011.2160378· OSTI ID:1032427

Viswanathan, Vilayanur V; Kintner-Meyer, Michael CW

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to gain significant market share over the next decade. The economic viability for such vehicles is contingent upon the availability of cost-effective batteries with high power and energy density. For initial commercial success, government subsidies will be highly instrumental in allowing PHEVs to gain a foothold. However, in the long-term, for electric vehicles to be commercially viable, the economics have to be self-sustaining. Towards the end of battery life in the vehicle, the energy capacity left in the battery is not sufficient to provide the designed range for the vehicle. Typically, the automotive manufacturers indicated the need for battery replacement when the remaining energy capacity reaches 70-80%. There is still sufficient power (kW) and energy capacity (kWh) left in the battery to support various grid ancillary services such as balancing, spinning reserve, load following services. As renewable energy penetration increases, the need for such balancing services is expected to increase. This work explores optimality for the replacement of transportation batteries to be subsequently used for grid services. This analysis maximizes the value of an electric vehicle battery to be used as a transportation battery (in its first life) and then as a resource for providing grid services (in its second life). The results are presented across a range of key parameters, such as depth of discharge (DOD), number of batteries used over the life of the vehicle, battery life in vehicle, battery state of health (SOH) at end of life in vehicle and ancillary services rate. The results provide valuable insights for the automotive industry into maximizing the utility and the value of the vehicle batteries in an effort to either reduce the selling price of EVs and PHEVs or maximize the profitability of the emerging electrification of transportation.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1032427
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-75405
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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(DOD)
25 ENERGY STORAGE
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
AVAILABILITY
Ancillary services
CAPACITY
COMPETITION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY DENSITY
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
MANUFACTURERS
MARKET
PRICES
VIABILITY
calendar life
depth of discharge
electric vehicles (EVs)
state of health (SOH)