Online and noninvasive monitoring of battery health at negative-half cell in all-vanadium redox flow batteries using ultrasound

Yan, Litao; Zang, Xiaoqin; Nie, Zimin; Zhong, Lirong; Deng, Zhiqun Daniel; Wang, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233417

Online and noninvasive monitoring of battery health at negative-half cell in all-vanadium redox flow batteries using ultrasound

Journal Article · Thu Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233417· OSTI ID:2045103

Yan, Litao ^[1]; Zang, Xiaoqin ^[1]; Nie, Zimin ^[1]; Zhong, Lirong ^[1]; Deng, Zhiqun Daniel ^[1]; ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Hydrogen evolution is one of the major side reactions that is detrimental to the health of all-vanadium redox flow batteries, especially for long-term cycling. Effective, low-cost, and accurate online prediction and detection methods for hydrogen generation are not yet available. In this work, we designed an online, noninvasive ultrasonic probing approach for monitoring the state of charge (SoC), predicting the hydrogen generation, and detecting hydrogen gas bubbles in anolyte solutions. The technique employs a pulse-echo method to measure the sound speed and the acoustic attenuation coefficient of the anolyte solution. Through static offline experiments and online in operando experiments, we have demonstrated that when hydrogen gas is generated in anolyte solutions, large variations are observed in both sound speed and acoustic attenuation coefficient measurements. We found that the variations of acoustic attenuation coefficient are highly correlated (correlation coefficients >0.9) with the gas flow rate. In conclusion, the designed acoustic method can monitor the SoC of anolyte, predict the hydrogen generation, and detect the presence of gas bubbles in an anolyte solution and, thus, provide information about the state of health for operation and management of flow battery systems.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2045103

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--174447

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Journal Name: Journal of Power Sources Vol. 580; ISSN 0378-7753

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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