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A Dynamic Model-Based Estimate of The Value of A Vanadium Redox Flow Battery For Frequency Regulation in Texas
A Dynamic Model-Based Estimate of The Value of A Vanadium Redox Flow Battery For Frequency Regulation in Texas
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Article history: Building on past work seeking to value emerging energy storage technologies in grid-based applications,
Received 18 February 2013 this paper introduces a dynamic model-based framework to value a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB)
Received in revised form 14 May 2013 participating in Texas’ organized electricity market. Our model describes the dynamic behavior of a VRFB
Accepted 12 July 2013
system’s voltage and state of charge based on the instantaneous charging or discharging power required
Available online 7 August 2013
from the battery. We formulate an optimization problem that incorporates the model to show the poten-
tial value of a VRFB used for frequency regulation service in Texas. The optimization is implemented in
Keywords:
Matlab using the large-scale, interior-point, nonlinear optimization algorithm, with the objective func-
Energy storage
Flow battery
tion gradient, nonlinear constraint gradients, and Hessian matrix specified analytically. Utilizing market
Economics prices and other relevant data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), we find that a VRFB
Frequency regulation system used for frequency regulation service could be worth approximately $1500/kW.
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190 R.L. Fares et al. / Applied Energy 113 (2014) 189–198
energy storage model to describe the particular capabilities of the capabilities of a battery are conventionally described using a sim-
battery in question and (2) a framework for showing how the bat- ple, black-box energy storage model, which describes a battery as a
tery could operate to produce the most value in an application. container for energy with regular losses anytime energy is added to
The goal of this paper is to assess the potential value of a vana- or removed from the battery. With this sort of model, time-domain
dium redox flow battery (VRFB) for frequency regulation service in analysis of electricity market power flows is conducted by tracking
Texas. Many researchers have highlighted the technical compati- the amount of energy stored in the device as it performs its duty on
bility between electrical energy storage and frequency regulation the grid. At each time step, k, the instantaneous amount of energy
service [4–7]. In order to show the value of a VRFB for regulation stored in the battery is tracked as a function of the power flowing
service, we perform a time-domain analysis of a VRFB’s participa- to or from the battery as shown in the following equations [18]:
tion in Texas’ organized electricity market that includes the detail
of time-varying regulation capacity prices. We describe the instan- pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
Ebatt;out ðkÞ ¼ P batt;out ðkÞDt= gbatt ð1Þ
taneous energy conversion capabilities of a VRFB using a dynamic,
control-oriented battery model. To show how a VRFB could operate
pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
economically for regulation service, we incorporate this model into Ebatt;in ðkÞ ¼ P batt;in ðkÞDt gbatt ð2Þ
an economic optimization routine. The following section discusses
past work that has assessed the value of energy storage in grid-
based applications. Section 3 discusses the development of a con- Ebatt ðkÞ ¼ Ebatt ðk 1Þ þ Ebatt;in ðkÞ Ebatt;out ðkÞ ð3Þ
trol-oriented VRFB model, and how we implement this model with
optimization. Section 4 uses the results of the optimization to as- The variable Pbatt,out(k) is the flow of power out of the battery;
sess the value of a VRFB for regulation service in Texas. Finally, Sec- Pbatt,in(k) is the flow of power into the battery; and Ebatt(k) is the
tion 5 summarizes our work and discusses possible future quantity of energy stored in the battery at each time step of dura-
research. tion Dt. The symbol gbatt represents the round-trip efficiency of
the battery, and is treated as constant. The square root of gbatt is
used in Eqs. (1) and (2) so that energy losses are imposed equally
2. Background on discharging and charging power, respectively.
This model has been used for operational management of a bat-
Because electric energy storage has the potential to reduce util- tery using optimization [16,17]. The objective of the optimization
ity costs associated with peak demand and power system control, a problem is a function of the power flowing in and out of the battery
number of researchers have sought to demonstrate the benefits of at each time step (Pbatt,in(k), Pbatt,out(k)) and a relevant electricity-
grid-based battery energy storage. Early investigations focus on market price signal. Bounds (see Eqs. (4)–(6)) are placed on the
lead-acid battery applications for electric utilities [8,9]. These stud- variables to find an optimal operation strategy for the battery that
ies use utility-level knowledge to assess the economic benefit of does not violate its technical limits.
grid-based energy storage. In recent years, organized competitive
electricity markets have emerged in place of conventional verti- 8k P batt;out ðkÞ 6 Pmax;out ð4Þ
cally-integrated electric utilities. Rather than a single entity con-
trolling a portfolio of generation, transmission, and distribution
resources, competitive electricity markets permit diverse parties 8k P batt;in ðkÞ 6 P max;in ð5Þ
to offer their electric generation resources into a wholesale power
marketplace. Numerous studies have highlighted the unique
opportunity that these new markets present for energy storage 8k 0 6 Ebatt ðkÞ 6 Ecapacity ð6Þ
[10–13]. Early studies by researchers from the U.S. Department The conventional model of a battery interfacing with the elec-
of Energy’s Energy Storage Systems Program identify new opportu- tric grid is limited because it tracks the real-time state of a battery
nities for storage in competitive electricity markets [10,11]. Fol- with only one variable: Ebatt(k). This energy state variable effec-
lowing these studies, there have been detailed investigations of tively assumes a battery operates at a constant voltage. Because
energy storage operating in the New York Independent System voltage varies with hysteresis and nonlinearly with a battery’s duty
Operator (NYISO) market [12] and the California Independent Sys- cycle [19], the conventional model described in Eqs. (1)–(3) is an
tem Operator (CAISO) market [13]. Both of these studies identify abstraction of a battery’s real-time behavior. It is more accurate
frequency regulation as a high-value application for grid-based en- to consider voltage variations and decompose a battery’s stored
ergy storage [12,13]. A separate study of energy storage operating energy into two state variables: the terminal voltage and the state
in the NYISO market analyzes the economics of storage for whole- of charge (SOC), defined in Eq. (7) as the ratio of stored charge (q)
sale electricity arbitrage and regulation service [7]. It shows that to charge capacity (qmax).
energy storage for frequency regulation is more valuable than stor-
age for energy arbitrage—even in transmission-constrained New
SOC ¼ q=qmax ð7Þ
York City [7]. Furthermore, studies of battery energy storage oper-
ating in the German electricity market identify frequency regula- While the conventional model is useful for energy storage eco-
tion as the highest-value application for battery energy storage nomic analysis, its black-box description of a battery’s state leads
[14,15]. We build on these studies by performing a time-domain to difficulties in connecting operational strategies gleaned from
analysis of the potential value of a VRFB used for regulation service the conventional model with real-time battery control. To over-
from 2007–2009 in Texas’ organized electricity market, which is come the shortcomings of the conventional model, we develop a
administered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). control-oriented battery energy storage model, which encapsulates
By doing so, we capture the daily character of chronological regu- the real-time energy conversion capabilities of a battery within a
lation capacity prices and wholesale energy prices, and demon- dynamic relationship between current, voltage, and SOC. With this
strate how a VRFB could respond to those price signals. model, we describe battery voltage variations within an economic
Many estimates of the value of energy storage use a optimization framework, and help to connect system-level eco-
model-based time-domain analysis to show how a battery could nomic analysis with real-time optimal control of grid-connected
participate in the electricity market [7,16–18]. The energy storage battery energy storage.
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20
18
16
14
12
0 10 20 30 40
Test Time (min)
Fig. 1. Manwell and McGowan’s model describes a battery as a variable potential Fig. 2. Zhao et al. collected galvanostatic voltage data from a 1 kW VRFB stack
source in series with a constant internal resistance. Adapted from [20]. consisting of 14 flow cells connected electrically in series. Adapted from [21].
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24
Experimental Data
20.5 Voltage Model
22
Stack Voltage (V)
19.5 16
14
19.0
12
20.0
Experimental Data
Curve Fit
19.5
Stack Voltage (V)
19.0
18.5
18.0
0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
Fig. 7. The VRFB voltage model is used to estimate SOC with battery power as an
State of Charge
input. The voltage of the battery is tracked internally for the purposes of the
estimate.
Fig. 4. The flow-battery voltage model of Eqs. (8) and (9) is fit to experimental
discharging data at 60 mA/cm2 collected from a 1 kW VRFB cell stack in [21].
18
pumps and other auxiliary plant equipment. Because a VRFB oper-
ating in the electricity market interfaces with the electric grid, its
16
DC power must be converted to AC before it is injected into the grid
14
and vice versa. We assume a one-way power inverter/rectifier effi-
ciency of 93% based on recommendations in the literature [22,23].
12 To approximate the level of auxiliary power required, we utilize
experimental VRFB data collected at Risø DTU National Laboratory
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 for Sustainable Energy [23]. This data show that a 15 kW VRFB sys-
State of Charge tem requires approximately 1.4–1.6 kW of auxiliary power while it
is running, so we assume a constant auxiliary power requirement
Fig. 5. The voltage model of Eqs. (8) and (9) is validated by comparison to
for a VRFB equal to 10% of the system’s rated power. Eq. (13) de-
experimental discharging data at 50 mA/cm2 collected from a 1 kW VRFB cell stack
in [21]. scribes the relationship between the power seen by the grid (Pgrid)
and the power seen by the VRFB (Pbatt). We give discharging power
a positive sign.
discharging voltage of a VRFB at different rates of charge/discharge
8
and at different levels of SOC. By describing the voltage behavior of < ginv erter Pbatt 0:10Prated
> 1
if charging
a VRFB, the model captures the state-dependent energy-conver- Pgrid ¼ ginv erter Pbatt 0:10Prated if discharging ð13Þ
sion capabilities of a VRFB under diverse operating conditions. >
:
Pbatt ¼ 0 if idle
Fig. 7 shows how the battery model developed in this section is
used to estimate SOC based only on the flow of power to and from The VRFB model developed in this section has sufficient com-
a VRFB. At each time step, the input battery power is divided by the plexity to describe the instantaneous energy-conversion capabili-
battery voltage to find the current flowing through the battery. The ties of a VRFB within an economic optimization routine.
flow of current is summed up to estimate the battery’s SOC. Finally, However, it has a number of limitations one should consider before
the battery current and SOC are plugged into the voltage model of implementing the model. Because it assumes a linear voltage pro-
Eqs. (8) and (9) to estimate the voltage of the battery at the begin- file to reduce computational complexity, the model does not de-
ning of the next time step. We use this model within an optimiza- scribe the asymptotic behavior of a battery’s voltage near 0% and
tion routine to estimate SOC based on market power flows, so that 100% SOC. Furthermore, the model assumes that no charge is lost
an economic operational strategy can be developed that does not to parasitic electrochemical processes or electrolyte crossover dur-
exceed the specified limits of the battery in question. ing cycling. Moreover, the model does not describe the long-term
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consequences of repeated cycling that might affect VRFB perfor- (NERC) control performance standards (CPS1, CPS2) [28] to gener-
mance. This paper does not directly address optimal pump opera- ate these signals and automatically dispatch generation in re-
tion [24], electrolyte thermal management, and power electronics sponse to frequency deviations. These historic signals allow us to
improvements that could affect the performance of the energy gather how a battery might be dispatched for frequency regulation
storage system. Nevertheless, the model has a number of advanta- in the future. We assume that a VRFB is dispatched at the level of
ges over typical storage models traditionally utilized for time-do- power it has committed for regulation service, and in the direction
main economic analysis of grid-based energy storage. In the of the aggregate ERCOT automatic generator control signal. The
following section, we develop an optimization problem for eco- binary parameter, y, represents the direction of regulation require-
nomic operational management of a VRFB for frequency regulation ments, and is discretized into three-minute time steps with index
service in ERCOT, placing appropriate constraints on the VRFB to k. Eq. (14) defines y(k).
minimize the effect of the model’s limitations.
1 if URS required
yðkÞ ¼ ð14Þ
3.2. Economic management of a VRFB for frequency regulation in 0 if DRS required
Texas The optimization routine operates a day ahead. The decision
variables in the optimization problem are the amount of battery
To develop an effective optimization problem to glean the po- power offered to the grid operator for up-regulation service (URS)
tential value of a VRFB used for frequency regulation in ERCOT, it and down-regulation service (DRS). In ERCOT, these offers are
is important to first discuss how ERCOT organizes a market for reg- made hourly [29], so the optimization considers 48 decision vari-
ulation service, and controls the frequency of the electric grid in ables (24 hourly URS offers and 24 hourly DRS offers). The VRFB
real time. ERCOT operates an organized wholesale energy market state variables depend directly on the value of these decision vari-
to distribute energy from independent generators to electricity ables and the parameter y(k). They are tracked in three-minute
customers in a technically and economically efficient way. In dis- time steps within the optimization problem. Table 1 summarizes
tributing this energy, ERCOT takes on the role of the grid operator, the variables considered in each day-ahead optimization problem.
and is tasked with ensuring that each electricity customer has a We relate the 1920 dependent variables to the 48 decision vari-
reliable source of electricity at his/her particular connection to ables using the equality constraints of Eqs. (15)–(18), which inter-
the electric grid. To do so, ERCOT organizes a market for ancillary nalize the model schematic of Fig. 7 within the economic
services, including frequency regulation service. Electric generators optimization routine.
offer some of their power capacity into the market for regulation
service each hour. ERCOT divides regulation service into up regula- Pbatt ðkÞ ¼ URSðhÞyðkÞ þ DRSðhÞð1 yðkÞÞ ð15Þ
tion service (URS) (committing to increase power output on de-
mand), and down regulation service (DRS) (committing to IðkÞ ¼ P batt ðkÞ=Vðk 1Þ ð16Þ
decrease power output on demand). Based on appropriate fore-
casts, ERCOT procures a specified amount of the power offered
1 X
k
for URS and DRS each hour of the day, and sets a clearing price in SOCðkÞ ¼ SOC i IðiÞDt ð17Þ
qmax
$/MW for up and down regulation capacity. After procuring electric i¼1
Presently, how battery energy storage might be automatically Variable Symbol Time resolution Variables per day
dispatched for frequency regulation is not perfectly understood. Decision variables
Because a battery can respond to ERCOT control signals more rap- URS offer (MW) URS 1h 24
idly than any traditional thermal generator, utilization of battery DRS offer (MW) DRS 1h 24
energy storage could lead to less procurement of regulation re- Dependent variables
sources, and tighter control of grid frequency [5,6,27]. For the pur- Battery power (MW) Pbatt 3 min 480
poses of our analysis, we utilize historic automatic generator Battery voltage (V) V 3 min 480
Battery current (A) I 3 min 480
control signal data from 2007–2009 provided to us by ERCOT. ER-
Battery SOC SOC 3 min 480
COT follows North American Electric Reliability Corporation
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Table 2 X
24
The variables considered in the optimization problem are bounded so that the VRFB Obj ¼ ðURSðhÞ 0:129Prated ÞC up ðhÞ ðDRSðhÞ
considered operates within its limits. h¼1
X
480
þ Pgrid ðkÞDtkðkÞ ð20Þ
k¼1
4. Results and discussion
In Eq. (20), Cup(h) and Cdown(h) are the hourly up-regulation and
down-regulation prices in ERCOT, respectively. The parameter k(k) The optimization problem formulated in the previous section
is the prevailing price of wholesale energy in ERCOT at time step requires approximately 22 s of computation time to determine
k. The variables URSgrid(h) and DRSgrid(h) are the up and down regu- an optimal offer schedule for a VRFB participating in ERCOT’s fre-
lation offers seen by the grid each hour of the day, and Pgrid(k) is the quency regulation market. The results of the optimization provide
VRFB system power seen by the grid at each time step k. As outlined valuable insight about how a VRFB might operate for regulation
in Eq. (13), the power seen by the grid differs from the power seen service, and the value of that service in ERCOT. As an example,
by the VRFB. We incorporate this difference in the objective func- we demonstrate the results of the optimization for a 1-h VRFB
tion. Because Eq. (13) is conditional and highly non-smooth, we operating on July 19th, 2009 in ERCOT’s southern hub. Fig. 9 shows
approximate Eq. (13) using Eq. (21). By removing an objective func- the inputs to the model for this day, and Fig. 10 shows the optimal
tion discontinuity, this assumption greatly simplifies the optimiza- value of the decision variables computed from those inputs. Fig. 11
tion problem without marked error. Fig. 8 compares Eqs. (13) and illustrates the dynamic state of the nominal, 1-h VRFB based on the
(21). value of the decision variables in Fig. 10 and the VRFB dispatch sig-
nal in Fig. 9.
Pgrid Pbatt 0:129Prated ð21Þ We obtain results like those of Figs. 10 and 11 for each day of
2007–2009. We adjust the results to account for energy losses as
It should be noted that the estimate of Eq. (21) is only used within
in Eq. (13) and use Eq. (20) to reveal the revenue a VRFB could gen-
the optimization procedure. In Section 4, Eq. (13) is used to adjust
erate each day of 2007–2009 for regulation service in ERCOT. Illus-
the optimization results for energy losses to estimate VRFB revenue.
trating our results, Fig. 12 shows the daily revenue a 1 MW VRFB
Eq. (22) is the objective function of the optimization problem with
with a 1-h discharge duration could generate from regulation ser-
Eq. (21) incorporated.
vice in ERCOT’s southern hub from 2007–2009. To show the poten-
tial value of a VRFB over the year in each region of ERCOT, we sum
1.0 the daily revenue from regulation service over 2007–2009 for each
Equation 13
Equation 21 of ERCOT’s four hubs. A useful figure for quantifying the value of
energy storage is its annual unit benefit: the revenue it generates
0.5 over a year divided by its rated AC power. Fig. 13 shows the annual
unit benefit of a 1-h VRFB operating in ERCOT’s four hubs for fre-
Pgrid Prated
0.0
quency regulation from 2007–2009. Unlike locational energy
prices, regulation capacity prices are uniform throughout the ER-
COT region. Our results reflect this fact, showing that the location
−0.5 of a VRFB has little effect on its value for regulation service.
We use the results of our optimization routine to show how
−1.0
varying the electrolyte capacity of a VRFB affects its value for reg-
ulation service. Fig. 14 shows the mean annual unit benefit of
−1.0 −0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
VRFBs ranging from 30 min to 4 h in discharge duration. Using
Pbatt Prated
our results, we estimate the lifecycle value of a VRFB system while
Fig. 8. We approximate VRFB energy losses from auxiliary plant equipment and the accounting for the time value of money. Given an anticipated
AC/DC inverter using a linear function. annual revenue stream, R, the present worth is estimated as in
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20
(MW)
15 0.0
10
−0.5
5
0 −1.0
1 24 0 5 10 15 20 24
(mA/cm2)
($/MW)
10
8 0
6
4
2
0 −60
1 24 0 5 10 15 20 24
30 1.45
(V)
20 1.40
10 1.35
0 1.30
1 24 0 5 10 15 20 24
1.0 80
0.5 60
(%)
0.0
−0.5 40
−1.0 20
0 5 10 15 20 24 0 5 10 15 20 24
Hour Hour
Fig. 9. For each day of the year, the optimization problem for economic VRFB Fig. 11. Based on the offer schedule of power for frequency regulation in ERCOT, the
management takes in relevant prices from ERCOT, and the VRFB frequency internalized VRFB model dynamically estimates SOC by tracking the voltage and
regulation dispatch signal. The inputs for July 19th, 2009 are shown here. current.
1.0
(MW)
0.5 3000
0.0
1 24 1500
0
(MW)
January 2007
July 2007
January 2008
July 2008
January 2009
July 2009
December 2009
0.5
0.0
1 24
Hour Fig. 12. From the results of the optimization, we estimate the revenue a 1 h, 1 MW
VRFB could generate from regulation service in ERCOT each day of 2007–2009.
Fig. 10. Based on the inputs in Fig. 9, the optimization routine computed the Results from ERCOT South are shown here.
optimal hourly URS and DRS capacity offers for the VRFB, shown here.
Eq. (23), where e is the annual price/cost escalation, d is the annual PW ¼ 7:17 R ð24Þ
discount rate, and L is the lifetime of the VRFB plant in years. We use this present worth factor with the results of Fig. 14 to
show how the net present value (NPV) of different VRFB systems
X L
ð1 þ eÞi0:5
PW ¼ R ð23Þ used for frequency regulation service in Texas varies with system
i0:5
i¼1 ð1 þ dÞ cost. Fig. 15 shows this relationship for VRFB systems ranging from
30 min to 4 h in duration based on an annual revenue stream, R,
We use the standard assumption of a 2.5% per year annual price equal to the average annual unit benefit across the four regions
escalation, 10% per year discount rate, and a nominal VRFB system of Texas. Given an estimate of VRFB system cost, Fig. 15 could be
lifetime of 10 years [12,13,30]. Based on these assumptions, we ar- used to approximate the NPV of using the VRFB for frequency reg-
rive on the present worth factor of the following equation: ulation alone.
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400
Table 3
North
South The U.S. Department of Energy Energy Storage Systems Program has estimated the
Annual Unit Benefit ($/kWAC−year)
Houston cost of different VRFB systems with varying annual charge/discharge duty cycles.
West Adapted from [30].
300
VRFB discharge duration (h) Cycles per year Estimated cost ($/kW)
1 20 1000
1 1000 1460
200 4 20 2701
4 250 3279
100
Table 4
Jossen and Sauer estimate the cost of power-related and energy-
related VRFB system components. Adapted from [33].
0
2007 2008 2009 Mean
Cost type Estimated cost
Fig. 13. The annual unit benefit of a 1-h VRFB used for frequency regulation in Power-related €1157/kW ($1511/kW)a
ERCOT varies significantly from year to year, ranging from $127–358/kW. Energy-related €78/kW h ($102/kW h)a
a
Based on 2013 exchange rate of $1.31 = €1.00.
300
North
Mean Annual Unit Benefit ($/kWAC−year)
South
250 Houston
West Table 5
Using our results and VRFB cost estimates from the U.S. Department of Energy [30],
200 we estimate the NPV of a 1-h and 4-h VRFB used for regulation service in ERCOT.
100
2 hours
500 3 hours
electrolyte manufacture, tanks). Table 4 shows the power-related
4 hours and energy-related VRFB costs estimated by Jossen and Sauer.
Table 5 approximates the NPV of different VRFB systems based
0 on the cost estimates in Tables 3 and 4. Our results show that a 1-h
VRFB system could have a positive NPV if used for frequency reg-
ulation service in ERCOT. This being said, it is clear from the differ-
(500)
ing values in Tables 3 and 4 that there is uncertainty in the cost of a
VRFB. Thus, the results in Table 5 are not definitive and could
(1000) change with future energy storage cost estimates.
500 1000 1500 2000 2500
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