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What are flow batteries and how can they improve resiliency, continuity and
safety in urban installations?
March 24, 2016
Seth MullendoreProject Manager
Clean Energy Group
Housekeeping
Who We Are
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www.cleanegroup.org
www.resilient-power.org
Resilient Power Project
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• Increase public/private investment in clean, resilient power systems
• Engage city officials to develop resilient power policies/programs
• Protect low-income and vulnerable communities
• Focus on affordable housing and critical public facilities
• Advocate for state and federal supportive policies and programs
• Technical assistance for pre-development costs to help agencies/project developers get deals done
• See www.resilient-power.org for reports, newsletters, webinar recordings
www.resilient-power.org
Today’s Speakers
•Mark Johnson, Smart Cities Chief, Schneider Electric
•Mike Grunow, Vice President of Marketing, ViZn Energy Systems
What are flow batteries & how do they help my
resiliency, continuity & safety in urban installations?
1. Resiliency protection from power outages
2. Continuity of operations
3. Safety from internal short circuits
[email protected] & [email protected]
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• Smart Grid Asset Management, Smart Generation,
Demand Side Management, Utility Services
• Renewables Integration & Micro Grid
• District Heating/Cooling Management
• Gas Distribution Management
• Shore Connection
Smart Energy
Requires performance & safetyEnergy storage opportunities are next door:
Smart Mobility
• EV Charging Infrastructure &
Supervision Services
• Traffic Management
• Tunnel Management
• Tolling Management
• Railway Management
• Airport Solutions
• Plant & Network Energy Performance
• Water Distribution Optimization & Loss Mgt
•Stormwater management and Urban Flooding
• Irrigation Management
Smart Water
Smart Public Services
• Public Safety: Video Surveillance
• Smart Street Lighting Management
Smart Buildings & Homes
• Multiple Disparate Buildings Management
• High Performance Buildings
• Flexible Buildings
• Efficient Homes
•City-wide Platforms• Energy & Sustainability Resource Management• Urban Efficiency Platform• District Energy Management Information System
• Cross-domain Application• Weather• GIS• Asset Management
Smart
Integration
Smart Data Center
• Efficient Data Centers
• Prefabricated Data Centers
• Infrastructure Enabled Management Services
•City Strategy Services• Sustainability Services• Smart Cities Advisory Services• Energy Performance Contracting
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What is a Flow Battery? Long proven history of safe, resilient &
certified zinc/iron flow batteries:• 8 Years of USDOE & NASA research followed by
• 8 Years of ViZn commercialization
• ISO 9001-2008 certified manufacturing facilities
• Idaho National Lab customer specializing in
vulnerability assessments & infrastructure resiliency for
electric grid reliability, control systems, cybersecurity
and physical security systems.
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ViZn
What’s Inside a ViZn Flow Battery?
Li-Ion
How is it made?
1. Safe electrolytes blended
2. Local tap water onsite
3. Alkaline solution
Zinc
Oxide
Yellow
Prussiate
of Soda
1. Anolyte: Zinc oxide
2. Catholyte: Yellow prussiate of soda
3. Alkaline solution: KOH and NaOH
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ViZn flow batteries:
redundant system protection
1. Ships dry & de-energized
2. Inherently safe chemistry
3. Non-flammable electrolytes
4. Seamless tanks
5. Built-in containment diaphragm
6. Steel container
7. Leak detection sensors
8. Emergency off button
9. Gravity fed draining & deactivation
10. De-energizes in <15 seconds
11. 24/7 remote monitoring
12. Built-in fire suppression
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What if? Worst Case Scenario
If: Natural disaster, nearby explosion, or
structural failure penetrates the exterior and
spills all of the electrolyte.
ViZn:
• Easily neutralized with common
materials
• Easy to dispose of via local guidelines.
• Potentially sewerable
Lithium Ion:
• Toxic smoke
• Heavy metal cleanup site
• Battery materials are an accelerant
• Electric shock hazard w/ charged cells
• Firefighter hazard, H2O reactivity
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Case Study: Solar + Storage Safe
Resilient Microgrid
• Challenges: solar storage, critical infrastructure
operability during disasters & outages while
preserving safety
• Solution: distributed generation for 120% of
critical power needs with solar. 20 Year life
matches solar.
• Result: Resiliency power for disaster & outage
recovery with safety.
Available for Zero Down
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Simple steps
1. Engineering study to identify all
existing & new energy sources
2. No-cost financial analysisNeed15-minute interval data in kW, kWh & tariffs for the past year
3. Team with utilities for all incentives
4. Options include:1. Purchase
2. Lease
3. PPA
4. Shared-savings
5. Land-lease payment
Fast go/no-go with
6-9 month installation
Cash Flow “+” Year 1 Options
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TrustDependable
Best-in-class
Expertise
Customized Approach
Sustainable
• Proven approach in over 250 Microgrid projects over 20 years
• Full service provider with expertise in multiple segments
• Most admired company (reference rankings)
• Gartner Group top ADMS
• Global specialist in energy management
• # 1 leader in LV and MV solutions worldwide
• Leadership in standards and regulatory committees
• Broadest and deepest Microgrid expertise in the industry
• Customizable and scalable Microgrid solutions that grow with your needs
• Turnkey solution provider that is vendor agnostic
• Flexible contracting approach for Brownfield or Greenfield opportunities
• Built-to-last Microgrid solutions
• Enables you to monetize DER and leverage existing infrastructure
• Resilient, efficient and green
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Thank you for attending our webinar
Seth MullendoreProject Manager
Clean Energy Group [email protected]
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