Optimised Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems (ORBES)
The project is focused on the area of small-scale residential battery storage, which currently lack flexible energy management systems that can enable their effective coordination and optimal utilisation of their potential. The project aims to address this problem from multiple levels: electronic components, power electronic interfaces and system-wide energy management algorithms. By performing comprehensive analysis and optimisation of the battery energy storage systems at various levels, it possible utilise the most accurate data and deliver high-quality results. The models for forecasting of the electricity demand and supply in the Baltic Sea region from renewable energy sources will allow to create and investigate the energy management profiles that will reveal operating profiles for battery energy storage systems. These profiles are going to be used for research and multi-objective optimisation of power electronic converters, particularly in terms of efficiency and cost. This work will be used as input for further development and optimisation of energy management algorithms to take maximal advantage of battery storage systems. The outcomes will increase the awareness of the feasibility of residential battery storage systems in the Baltic Sea Region. The project will lay foundations for development and assessment of possible business models concerning DSOs, aggregators and prosumers, aiming to reduce life cycle costs, enable effective demand response programs and take the most benefits from this emerging technology.
This project has received funding from the EEA Financial Mechanism Baltic Research Programme in Estonia.
Date: 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2023.
Budget: 750 536 EUR
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ANDREI BLINOV (Principal Investigator, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Webpage: https://taltech.ee/en/contacts/power-electronics-research-group/andrei-blinov https://www.etis.ee/CV/Andrei_Blinov/est?lang=ENG ORCID: 0000-0001-8577-4897 |
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DIMOSTHENIS PEFTITSIS (Principal Investigator, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Webpage: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/dimosthenis.peftitsis ORCID: 0000-0002-4041-7842 |
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ILYA GALKIN (Principal Investigator, Riga Technical University, Latvia) Webpage: https://ortus.rtu.lv/science/en/experts/342 ORCID: 0000-0002-8146-9227 |
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AUDRIUS JONAITIS (Principal Investigator, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania) Webpage: https://en.ktu.edu/scientist/audrius-jonaitis/022898bbc7110244fd24b3e410597047 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Audrius_Jonaitis |
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ENRIQUE ROMERO-CADAVAL (Professor, University of Extremadura, Spain) Webpage: https://www.unex.es/conoce-la-uex/departamentos/ficha_personal?idDpto=Y048&personal=1&idPro=eromero ORCID: 0000-0003-4760-8788 |
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JOÃO MARTINS (Professor, UNINOVA, Portugal) Webpage: https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/persons/jo%C3%A3o-martins ORCID: 0000-0002-2248-2595 |
2021 |
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| 18.06.2021 | Project scope and intermediate results presented in the frame of the IEEE event: PELS Day 2021 Seminar "Power Electronics in Estonia: Past, Present, and Future" https://www.ieee-pels.org/membership/pels-day/find-a-pels-day-event/event/28-pels-day-2021-seminar-power-electronics-in-estonia-past,-present,-and-future |
| 26.05.2021 | Project intermediate results were presented in the frame of the international webinar “Power Electronics and Energy Management of nearly Zero Energy Buildings” chaired by Andrei Blinov https://haldus.taltech.ee/sites/default/files/2021-05/EE_ins_Webinar26May.pdf |
| 21.01.2021 | Project acknowledged during the TalTech webinar “High-Performance Power Electronic Solutions Simultaneously Applicable for DC and AC Grids” in the frame of presentations by Andrei Blinov - Power electronic interface for small-scale battery storage systems. https://ieee.ee/event/7473/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgCHSPpQEPA |
| 15.01.2021 | Oleksandr Korkh defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Isolated Matrix converters”. The work was supported in part by the EMP474 grant. https://taltech.ee/en/events/thesis-defence-oleksandr-korkh https://img5.globunis.com/574/578/1744284725745784.jpg |
2019-2020 |
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| 29.05.2020 | Project acknowledged in the invited speech entitled “Technologies and Trends in Energy Storage Systems” of 9th International Doctoral School of Energy Conversion and Saving Technologies [online]: http://ieei.rtu.lv/ids-ecst/. |
| 26.02.2020 | Paper “Improved Modulation Method for Full-Bridge AC-DC HF-Link Converter” presented at ICIT conference in Buenos Aires. |
| 13.02.2020 | Project mentioned in Vikerraadio “Nutikas” program: https://vikerraadio.err.ee/1044650/nutikas-andrei-blinov-ja-mihhail-kudinskiy-uudne-energiasalvesti-liginullenergiahoonetele |
| 14.01.2020 | Project kick-off meeting in Tartu and presentation of the project in the opening ceremony. |
| 30.12.2019 | Work of the PI in the residential storage field is imentioned on Ehitusuudised: https://www.ehitusuudised.ee/uudised/2019/12/30/taltechi-energeetikud-esitlesid-uudset-energiasalvestit |
| 27.12.2019 | Work of the PI in the residential storage field is imentioned in PBK news: https://www.mke.ee/novosti-pbk/v-ttu-razrabotali-ustrojstvo-dlya-gramotnogo-potrebleniya-energii |
| 27.12.2019 | Work of the PI in the residential storage field is imentioned on Postimees: https://maaelu.postimees.ee/6858976/eesti-esimene-energiasalvesti-voiks-turule-jouda-mone-aasta-parast |
| 26.12.2019 | Project mentioned in DigiGeenius webpage: https://digi.geenius.ee/rubriik/teadus-ja-tulevik/taltechi-teadlased-esitlesid-asja-uudset-energiasalvestit/ |
| 20.12.2019 | Work of the PI in the residential storage field is imentioned in ERR video: https://novaator.err.ee/1016529/ttu-energeetikud-arendavad-eesti-esimest-energiasalvestit |
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2020
- Blinov. A.; Verbytskyi, I.; Zinchenko, D.; Vinnikov, D.; Galkin, I. (2020). Modular Battery Charger for Light Electric Vehicles. Energies, 13 (4), #774. DOI: 10.3390/en13040774.
- Blinov, A.; Kosenko, R.; Vinnikov, D.; Parsa, L. (2020). Bidirectional Isolated Current Source DAB Converter with Extended ZVS/ZCS Range and Reduced Energy Circulation for Storage Applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67 (12), 10552−10563.
- Blinov, A.; Korkh, O.; Chub, A.; Vinnikov, D. (2020). Improved Modulation Method for Full-Bridge AC-DC HF-Link Converter. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology: ICIT2020, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26-28 February 2020. IEEE, 1173−1177.
- Korkh, O.; Blinov A.; Vinnikov, D.; Chub, A. (2020). Review of Isolated Matrix Inverters: Topologies, Modulation Methods and Applications. Energies, 13 (9), #2394. DOI: 10.3390/en13092394.
- Korkh, O.; Blinov, A.; Vinnikov, D.; Shevchenko, V. (2020). Optimization and Design of Planar Transformer for the High Frequency Link Converter. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG): Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28 Sept.-1 Oct. 2020. Dubrovnik, Croatia: IEEE, 615−620. DOI: 10.1109/PEDG48541.2020.9244465.
- Rosin, A.; AhmadiAhangar, R.; Azizi, E.; Sahoo, S.; Vinnikov, D.; Blaabjerg, F.; Dragicevic, T.; Bolouki, S. (2020). Clustering-based Penalty Signal Design for Flexibility Utilization. IEEE Access, 1−11. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3038822.
- Ahmadiahangar, R.; Husev, O.; Blinov, A.; Karami, H.; Rosin, A. (2020). Development of a Battery Sizing Tool for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings. IECON 2020 ,The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore. IEEE, 5149−5154. DOI: 110.1109/IECON43393.2020.9254557.
2021-2022
- Azizi, E.; Shotorbanib, A.; Ahmadiahangar, R.; Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B.; Rosin, A.; Sadiq, R.; Hewage, K. (2021). Cost/Comfort-oriented Clustering-based Extended Time of Use Pricing. Sustainable Cities and Society, 102673. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102673.
- Sanjareh, M. B.; Nazari, M. H.; Gharehpetian, G. B.; Ahmadiahangar, R.; Rosin, A. (2021). Optimal scheduling of HVACs in islanded residential microgrids to reduce BESS size considering effect of discharge duration on voltage and capacity of battery cells. Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks, 25, #100424. DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2020.100424.
- Najafzadeh, M.; Ahmadiahangar, R.; Husev, O.; Roasto, I.; Jalakas, T.; Blinov, A. (2021). Recent Contributions, Future Prospects and Limitations of Interlinking Converter Control in Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids. IEEE Access [forthcoming].
- Blinov, A.; Korkh, O.; Chub, A.; Vinnikov, D.; Peftitsis, D.; Norrga, S.; Galkin, I. (2021). High Gain DC-AC High-Frequency Link Inverter with Improved Quasi-Resonant Modulation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3060657 [forthcoming].
- Blinov, A.; Verbytskyi, I.; Peftitsis, D.; Vinnikov, D. (2021). Regenerative Passive Snubber Circuit for High-Frequency Link Converters. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics. DOI: 10.1109/JESTIE.2021.3066897.
- Galkin, I. A.; Blinov, A.; Vorobyov, M.; Bubovich, A.; Saltanovs, R.; Peftitsis, D. (2021). Interface Converters for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems: Practices, Difficulties and Prospects. Energies, 14 (12), #3365. DOI: 10.3390/en14123365.
- Bubovich, A.; Vorobyov, M.; Blinov, A.; Peftitsis, D. (2021). Peculiarities of Multilevel Power Electronic Converters for Interfacing Battery Energy Storages with AC Loads. 2020 IEEE 8th Workshop on Advances in Information, Electronic and Electrical Engineering (AIEEE), Vilnius, Lithuania. IEEE, 1−4. DOI: 10.1109/AIEEE51419.2021.9435798.
- Annuk, Andres; Yaïci, Wahiba; Blinov, Andrei; Märss, Maido; Trashchenkov, Sergei; Miidla, Peep. (2021). Modelling of Consumption Shares for Small Wind Energy Prosumers. Symmetry, 13 (4), 647. DOI: 10.3390/sym13040647.
- Ahmadiahangar, R.; Karami, H.; Husev, O.; Blinov, A.; Rosin, A.; Jonaitis, A.; Sanjari, M. J. (2022). Analytical approach for maximizing self-consumption of nearly zero energy buildings- case study: Baltic region. Energy, 238, 121744. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121744.
- Azizi, Elnaz; Ahmadiahangar, Roya; Rosin, Argo; Martins, Joao; Lopes, Rui Amaral; Beheshti, M.TH.; Bolouki, Sadegh. (2021). Residential energy flexibility characterization using non-intrusive load monitoring. Sustainable Cities and Society, 75, 103321. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103321.