Solving Energy Storage Challenges Offshore - Offshore Europe 2017 Cinema Seminar - Dr. David Blood, Parker Hannifin
Energy storage is big news, following the UK government’s announcement to establish a center for battery research and plans to reduce or shift electricity use to creating a smarter, more flexible energy system.
Moving rig-based diesel gen sets to a new hybrid technology might sound like a step too far. But using battery storage alongside existing power systems is not a huge leap, with the potential to reduce fuel, operations and maintenance costs, whilst improving power quality.
This technical seminar for oil and gas professionals was run by Parker at Offshore Europe 2017. It covers the potential applications and benefits of energy storage, an overview of micro-grids and how to overcome potential challenges. The presentation also features some case study examples.
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Solving Energy Storage Challenges Offshore | Offshore Europe 2017
1. Solving Energy Storage Challenges Offshore
Offshore Europe 2017 Cinema Seminar
Dr. David Blood
EGT Market Manager EMEA
Parker Hannifin
2. Speaker Biography
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• David’s career spans more than 25 years of engineering and technical
experience, including highly specialist development roles.
• David is an expert on battery storage systems and inverter drives. A
talented engineer with a strong understanding of emerging technologies,
he was responsible for developing and implementing control technology
into Parker’s inverter products – allowing them to be used in ‘grid-tied’
applications.
• He holds a degree in electrical an electronic engineering and a PhD from
the University of Reading.
3. Market Drivers for Energy Storage
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Financial
• High running costs
• Increasing maintenance costs
• Burning power
Operational
• Significant variances in power quality
• Peaky loads on typical islanded power grids
• Redundancy in typical gen set operations
4. Energy Storage Applications
1. Adding Battery Energy Storage acts as a ‘shock absorber’, providing the ability to inject or
absorb power from the transmission grid within milliseconds, and helping to stabilize voltage
and frequency in the presence of ever increasing levels of variable renewable generation.
2. Peak generation levels can exceed the maximum capacity of a grid connection, traditionally
resulting in the loss of potential revenue. Adding a battery energy storage system allows the
batteries to absorb excess power during periods of high generation which can then be exported
to the grid during periods where generation is lower. Additionally, a commercial or industrial site
can reduce or eliminate demand charges by adding a BES.
3. Adding BES to a hybrid off-grid islanded network increases stability by allowing the storage
and release of variable renewable energy to fill demand deficits.
4. Adding BES within a distribution substation allows the supply of power from batteries on to
the local network to meet the demands of short term peak loads, without the need for
additional transformers and transmission lines.
5. Combining a diesel generator with battery energy storage allows for the specification of
smaller gensets, running for shorter periods. The result is lower fuel costs, reduced running
hours and fewer emissions, leading to MRO savings, a cleaner environment and lower kWh
costs.
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Supplying Ancillary Grid Services
Optimizing Off-Grid Islanded
Network Efficiency
Infrastructure
Deferral
within
Distribution
Networks
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Reducing
Operational and
Capex Cost
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Overcoming Capacity Constraints
5. • Storage can be Super Caps, Batteries or
Flywheels
• Batteries charge through inverter when
demand is low
• Batteries discharge to grid when demand
is high
Energy Storage – ‘Nuts and Bolts’
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Active Bridge
Inverter
CL Filter
POWER FLOW
CONTROL BMS
BATTERY MODULEPARKER EGT
POWER CONVERSION
SYSTEM
POWER
GRID
Energy
Management
System
13.8 kV 480 V
<3%
THD
PLC
SCADA RTU
Interface
ModBus TCP
ModBusTCP
ModBusTCP
Batteries charge through inverter
when demand is low
Batteries discharge to grid when
demand is high
6. Site Power Management
• Multiple gen-sets required for redundancy and power
continuity
• Electrical load “peaky” and even net regenerative
• Gen-sets run inefficiently leading to increased costs
• “Knock-on” effect on power quality
• Voltage and frequency variations
• Operation issues
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7. Energy storage is a “shock absorber” to smooth “peaky” loads
Impact of Energy Storage
Load in
efficiency
band
• Gen-sets have an optimal “sweet spot” of operation
• Specific load and speed
• The closer we run to the “sweet spot” the lower our costs in
fuel and O&M
• Power quality issues are also addressed
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8. How This Works in Practice
• A typical drilling rig set-up will have
multiple diesel gen-sets running in parallel
to provide electrical power in order to
ensure redundancy and continuity in the
power supply
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Gen sets
Loads Top
drive
Draw
works
Mud
pump
BOS
Variable demand
Constant supply
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2
1
3
9. Battery storage can be added to the micro-grid as a means to level the electrical load
How This Works in Practice
•Adding energy storage provides the
potential to turn off one or more gen-sets,
thus saving fuel and O&M costs
•The energy storage system can be
charged from the remaining gen-sets.
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Gen sets
Loads Top
drive
Draw
works
Mud
pump
BOS
Variable demand
Constant supply
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2
1
3
Battery
container
Battery storage can be added to the micro-grid as a means to
level the electrical load
PCS
10. Low Load Demand
• At times of low power demand, the remaining gen-sets can provide
power to the loads as well as charging the energy storage.
• In addition, if there’s a point in the production cycle where the net
load on the islanded grid becomes regenerative, this excess energy
can be stored (by charging the storage) to be consumed later in the
cycle, rather than just burnt in resistive load banks.
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Gensets
Load
Top
Drive
Draw
Works
Mud
Pump
BOS
PCS
Battery
Container
Battery storage system charges batteries
using excess generated power
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2
1
3
11. Typical Load Demand
• As the load power requirements increase
this can be supplied by both the remaining
gen-sets and the energy storage.
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Gensets
Load
Top
Drive
Draw
Works
Mud
Pump
BOS
PCS
Battery
Container
Battery storage system discharges just enough
energy to “shave the peaks” and maintain level load
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2
1
3
12. Peak Load Demand
•At peak power demand, the storage can
provide maximum discharge power to meet
the needs of the islanded power grid.
•At the same time it can ensure power
quality is maintained within specification
(voltage and frequency) with benefits to
other equipment connected to the grid -
continued to operate trouble free operation.
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Gensets
Load
Top
Drive
Draw
Works
Mud
Pump
BOS
PCS
Battery
Container
4
2
1
3
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• Cut operational costs
• By running gen-sets in their optimum range, fuel use is reduced
• Better power quality
• Frequency/voltage stability maintained under changing loads
• Less load variation/wear and tear on gen-sets
• Lower O&M costs
• Potential to turn off one or multiple gen-sets
• Battery handles peak load
• Lower emissions
Benefits of Adding Energy Storage
15. Energy Storage in Practice:
San Diego Gas and Electric
• Natural gas facility leak, LA basin
• Fast-tracked 100MW energy storage
systems
• Released in July/installed December 2016
• Parker awarded 57.5MW of 100MW
• Partnership with AES and Greensmith
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37.5 MWs
Qty. 500
20 MWs
Qty. 10
• Natural gas facility leak, LA basin
• Fast-tracked 100MW energy storage systems
• Released in July/installed December 2016
• Parker awarded 57.5MW of 100MW
• Partnership with AES and Greensmith
16. Utility Energy Storage:
RWE/Westnetz, Germany
• 250 kW / 1MWh PCS and batteries in single container
(easily relocated)
• PV Support, T&D Deferral
• Reduced PV Curtailment and Improved Grid Stability
• Battery Technology: Lithium-Ion, LG Chem
• Commissioned: 2015
• German power utility market
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• 250 kW / 1MWh PCS and batteries in single container (easily relocated)
• PV Support, T&D Deferral
• Reduced PV Curtailment and Improved Grid Stability
• Battery Technology: Lithium-Ion, LG Chem
• Commissioned: 2015
• German power utility market
17. • Growing numbers of EVs and supporting
DC feed rapid chargers. 50kW - 100kW
moving to 300kW in the future
• Rapid charging capability without needing distribution
network upgrades
• Remote management and monitoring
• Modular and portable
• Lithium-Ion second life automotive battery technology - can be slowly
charged from the grid or local renewable sources and then provide
the peak power required from the fast chargers
• Power utility market
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EV Rapid Charging Energy Storage:
Future Transport Systems/Connected Energy
• 50kW/50kWh rating
• E-STOR system - rapid charging
capability without needing distribution
network upgrades
• Remote management and monitoring
• Modular and portable
• Lithium-Ion second life automotive
battery technology
18. Questions and Discussion
Contacts for further information
Dr David Blood
EGT Market Manager EMEA
T: +44 (0)1903 737318
E: dblood@parker.com
Nigel Smith, Technology and Market Development Manager
T: +44 (0)7974 237013
E: nigel.smith@parker.com
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