|
Battcon 2014 |
|
|
Boca Raton, Florida, May 5th to 7th 2014 |
International Stationary Battery
Conference |
|
Battcon Conference > Schedule |
|||||
|
|
|
Program Schedule 2014 The Agenda – People Listening, Discussing,
and Participating Presentations Featuring leading stationary battery
experts, the conference presents papers by users and manufacturers that
relate to everyday battery applications, technical advances, and the diverse
concerns of the battery industry. You will learn about manufacturing,
maintenance trends, testing issues, and safety. Each group of papers is
followed by direct audience interaction with the presenters. Panel
Discussions Panels are comprised of experts discussing
specific concerns or areas of interest. Members of the panel are selected
based on their knowledge, expertise, and background. After the panel
discussion, you can share relevant knowledge and experiences, offer comments,
and ask questions. Participation Throughout the conference, you are
encouraged to ask questions, exchange ideas, and interact with the authors of
the papers, members of top-specialized panels, and other attendees. Breakout
workshops will allow you to interact with users of similar interests to
discuss innovations and solutions that relate directly to your industry or
application. Note: Links to all Battcon™ papers are posted on the Archives Papers
page. Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Workshops (3) The schedule of the papers,
presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and activities for Battcon 2013
is below. The schedule for 2013 is subject to change without notice. Please
refer back to this page for updates to Battcon 2013 activities. The 2014 conference and trade show
events will be at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort in
Boca Raton, Florida. The conference runs Monday through Wednesday, May 6th
to 8th 2014. Extra activities are on Sunday, May 5th. The schedule below is subject to
change. |
|
Program Guide |
|
|||
|
|
|
Special Activities, Sunday, May 5th 2013 7:00AM Golf For more information see their Web site at: http://www.ocngolf.com/golf-course/panther-lake-course-information The $120 per player includes green fees, range balls, beverages, cart, lunch, and prizes. 1:30PM to 5:30PM Stationary Battery
Basics Seminar Instructors: Garth Corey, RickTressler This $99 seminar helps
you better understand batteries and the material presented at the conference.
See the Seminar page for more information. 1:30PM to 5:30 PM Beyond the Fundamentals
Seminar: Advanced Topics in Lead-Acid Batteries Instructors: Curtis
Ashton and Steve Clark ·
Advanced lead acid fundamentals. ·
Application, selection, and considerations
for both conventional flooded and VRLA types. ·
Data collection, record keeping, IEEE
recommendations, warranty, and trending health. ·
Failure modes, the aging process, warranty
issues, and end of life determination. ·
Periodic visual inspection criteria, where
problems arise, and causes of troubles throughout the service life of a
battery. This $99 seminar helps
you better understand batteries and the material presented at the conference.
See the Seminar page for more information. 1:30PM to 5:30PM Focus On Seminar: Ohmic Testing - Methods and Analysis from a Battery's Perspective - A
Practical Primer. Instructor: Mike Nispel This $99 seminar helps
you better understand batteries and the material presented at the conference.
See the Seminar page for more information. 4:00PM to 8:00PM
Conference Check-In Trade Show Exhibitor Setup Sunday, May 5th 2014 4:00PM to 10:00PM Trade Show Exhibitor Setup Conference Day 1, Monday, May 6th 2013 7:00AM Conference
Check-In 7:00AM to 5:00PM
Internet Café 7:00AM Paper Presenters and
Panel Members Ready Room 7:00AM Continental
Breakfast 8:00AM Opening
Ceremonies Conference Orientation Welcome to Battcon Lauri Turevon, Albércorp 8:45AM Presentations 1,
2, 3 Presentation 1 DC Arc Flash: 2013 regulatory
updates and recommended battery risk assessment guidelines Presenter: William
Cantor, VP of Technology, TPI There
continues to be confusion in the stationary battery community about how to
protect battery maintenance personal from chemical, electrical and arc-flash
hazards. This presentation proposes a thought process that can be used to,
first, evaluate if and where a hazard may exist in workplaces where dc
voltage sources are present, then to determine the degree of risk, and
ultimately to determine the personal protective equipment (PPE) that would be
appropriate for any given battery activity. Presentation 2 Making battery safety data
sheets actually useful to the user Presenter: Steve
McCluer, Senior Manager,
External Codes and Standards, APC by Schneider Electric In 2011 the USA harmonized its system of classifying hazardous
substances with the European GHS system. The former MSDS is now known simply
as a “Safety Data Sheet” (SDS). An IEEE working group is trying to develop a
guideline for consistently identifying the hazardous materials in a battery
SDS, to include information that is actually beneficial to everyone. This
session describes some of the issues that they are grappling with. Presentation 3 Updated Building Codes Are Changing Battery Rack Certification
Requirements – Design and Testing Impacts Presenter: Ken Sabo,
Senior Product Manager, Aptus Building codes affecting
Seismic Battery Racks have changed significantly over the past 10 years in the
United States. This paper takes a look at the change from the UBC code to the
IBC code, defines what is required for specifying IBC racks and the changes
that IBC and other codes, standards, and agency requirements have had on
traditional battery rack design. Presenter Panel
Discussion and Q&A 10:15AM Break 10:45AM Presentations 4,
5, 6 Presentation 4 Ventilation and Thermal Management of
Stationary Battery Installations Presenter: M.S.
(Steve) Clark, Senior Engineer, Bechtel Power Corp. This presentation
will build a bridge between the battery and ventilation system designers. As
such, it provides information on battery performance characteristics that are
influenced by the HVAC design with a focus on operating temperature control.
It then provides information on battery performance during various operating
modes for use by the ventilation system designer. The critical factors
covered are battery heat generation and gassing (both hydrogen and toxic
gasses). Presentation 5 Effects
of Battery Technology on Power System Layout for Telecom and Data Buildings Presenter: Mike Steeves, Principal Engineer, GE Critical
Power This
presentation will review different building DC energy architectures using
alternate battery technologies, showing how layouts are impacted and how cost
and energy savings can be realized. This will include cost of copper,
installation, efficiency of operation and structural impacts. Presentation 6 Final Test Results on the 80% Service Test
and a Path Forward Presenter: Kyle Floyd, Principal Engineer, Covenant Service Company, LLC. This
presentation will review the final conceptual test results and present plans
for implementation of this test in nuclear applications. Some perspective on capacity
trending and various capacity calculation methods described in IEEE 450 will
be offered. Presenter Panel
Discussion and Q&A 12:15PM Lunch 1:45PM Panel 1: Best Practices of
Battery Installations (90 minutes)
3:15PM
Break 3:45PM Panel 2: Learning from Battery Failures Panel Members: Allen
Byrne, Bill Cantor, Miguel Flores, Dan Lambert, and Mike Powell This panel will discuss many of the common
and not-so-common battery failures seen in the field. Methods and processes
used to correct problems and mitigate reoccurrences will also be explored.
Examples of discussion topics include, but will not be limited to:
Audience participants are encouraged
to submit written and verbal questions and present their own problems in this
interactive panel session. 5:15PM Session Ends 5:30PM to 7:00PM
Cocktail Party 6:30PM to 9:30PM Trade
Show and Reception 9:30PM to 11:30PM East Penn/Deka Unigy
Party with Live Music Conference Day 2, Tuesday, May 7th 2013 7:00AM to 5:00PM
Internet Café 7:00AM Paper Presenters
and Panel Members Ready Room 7:00AM Continental
Breakfast 8:00AM Opening Remarks 8:15AM Presentations 7,
8, 9 Presentation 7 Proper
Single-Cell/Module Replacement and Bypass Procedures Presenter: Curtis
Ashton, Senior Lead Power Technical Support
Engineer,
CenturyLink This
presentation will discuss how single-cell/module replacements in
series-connected strings can be tricky (a botched one, where only float
current and not discharge current was taken into account, caused a famous
fire that directly led to spill containment requirements). This is especially
true when a single battery string is directly connected to a live load bus.
This paper will explore the proper and safe methods of performing a
single-cell changeout in many different situations: online or offline,
paralleled with the load or not, with or without initial charge, etc. Presentation 8 Testing
to Evaluate State-of-Charge In Nuclear Grade Lead Acid Batteries Part 2 Presenter: George Greene, Liliana Ramadan, USNRC; and
William Gunther, Brookhaven National Laboratory The U.S. NRC and Brookhaven National
Laboratory completed a research project confirming that charging current is a
suitable indicator of a fully-charged condition for nuclear grade vented
lead-acid batteries as required by nuclear power plant Technical
Specifications. Complete results from the testing program are available in
NUREG/CR-7148, published in October 2012. Presentation 9 Practical Ideas to Facilitate
Battery Maintenance and Testing in Power Plants Presenter: Jeffrey Gruseck, PE, Consulting
Engineer, Duke Energy Corp Power
plant DC systems are essential for personnel safety and reliable shutdown of
equipment, and regulations require these systems remain functional. Taking a
battery out of service can compromise the reliability of the protection
system. This presentation will describe the risks, and will present examples
of field modifications implemented at power plants to ensure continuous
reliability making battery maintenance and testing easier. Presenter Panel
Discussion and Q&A 9:45AM Break 10:15AM Presentations
10, 11, 12 Presentation 10 Developing
Monobloc Batteries for High Temperature Applications Presenter: Ralph Fegely, Senior Project
Engineer, East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. This
presentation will outline the long road of design and testing that has lead
to the development of a true high temperature lead-acid battery. Based on
optimized designs and materials, new lead-acid products have been developed
that not only survive but thrive in high heat applications. These high
temperature batteries were developed using a common sense approach that
relied on historical data, supplier input, new materials, new designs and
theories. Presentation 11 The Effects of Mechanical
Electrolyte Mixing on VLA Cells in Renewable Energy Applications Presenter: Larry Meisner, Managing
Director & V.P. Technology This presentation will discuss the known
effects of electrolyte specific gravity stratification on cell performance in
renewable cycling applications. The details of an electrolyte air mixing
system will be discussed and data presented to show how such a system can
improve recharge efficiency, state of charge and overall life as a result of
reduced sulfation and corrosion effects. Presentation 12 Can an 11 year old naturally
aged 2 volt VRLA cells endure a seismic event without suffering capacity
degradation? Presenter: Peter
DeMar, Battery Research This presentation will show the
results of an EPRI funded investigation into the impact of a seismic event on
the capacity of naturally aged 2 volt VRLA batteries of approximately 10
years of age. One set of data is for one manufacturer’s product using a 72
hour discharge rate, and the second system was a different manufacturer using
an 8 hour rate. Presenter Panel Discussion and
Q&A 11:45AM Lunch 1:15PM Panel 3: Battery Chargers
and Charging (90 minutes) Panel Members: Curtis
Ashton, Dave Barnes, Dara Darai, Bill Kaewert, and Allen Pitts Ask
questions of a wide range of experts and manufacturers on all types of
chargers (SCR, switch-mode, ferroresonant, etc.). In addition, the panel is
also prepared to answer questions on ripple control, ground fault detection,
temperature compensation circuits, the options available on chargers, and
anything else on charger-related subjects that comes to your mind. 2:45PM Break The actual content of the three audience-driven workshops below will vary, depending on interaction of the attendees. UPS Workshop Nutcracker 2 (see signs) A battery-backed UPS is
only as good as its batteries. Co-Moderators:
Fran Losey and Ed Rafter This will be an interactive
session where we will encourage the audience to share their knowledge and
experience to help us understand the challenges of designing, installing, and
maintaining a UPS battery installation. We will focus on the various
maintenance, design, installation, and occupancy considerations. 3:15PM (concurrent
sessions) Electric Utility Battery and DC
Power Systems - Watts the Scoop Moderator:
Kurt Uhlir and Tom Carpenter Panelists: Matt McConnell, Senior
Electrical Engineer, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, Michael Powell, Manager Electric Transmission Substation
Operations, Dominion, Chris Searles, Director of Sales, Marketing and
Business Development, BAE Batteries USA. Generation
Owners, Transmission Owners and Distribution Providers will have an
opportunity to network with industry peers as well as exchange knowledge and
experiences relating to stationary batteries and DC power systems in utility
applications. Workshop topics will include: ·
Post
Fukushima regulatory actions pertaining to the dc power systems for US
nuclear plant license holders - Matt McConnell, US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. ·
Chris
Searles will
be presenting a paper on NERC PRC-005-2 - A Mandate for Battery Maintenance
as it Affects the Bulk Electric System and its Implications for Battery
Maintenance Personnel. This paper will give a brief history of NERC PRC-005-2
while examining the requirements as they relate to the dc power supply
(primarily the station battery but with reference to the battery charger). A
careful review of the wording of the standard along with the tables relating
to specific maintenance provides practical guidance that ensures compliance
while addressing true reliability. Chris is also the Task Force Chair that
represents the IEEE Stationary Battery Committee’s interests to the NERC
PRC-005-2 Standards Drafting Team. ·
Batteries
and DC power systems in smart grid infrastructure. 3:15PM (concurrent
sessions) Telecom Battery Open
Season/Session. Co-Moderators: Curtis Ashton, Dan McMenamin and John Gagge This audience participation
session will discuss the major problems associated with telecom batteries,
from supplier problems to user abuse. Also, appropriate backup times for
various types of telecom services in an evolving competitive and regulatory
market will be addressed. Finally, we’ll discuss other pertinent points the
audience would like to bring up. 5:15PM Session Ends 5:30PM to 9:00PM
Combined Trade Show and Reception Conference Day 3, Wednesday, May, 8th 2013 7:00AM to 1:00PM
Internet Café 7:00AM Paper Presenters
and Panel Members Ready Room 7:00AM Continental
Breakfast 8:00AM Opening Remarks 8:15AM Presentations 13,
14, 15, 16 Presentation 13 Sodium Metal Chloride Battery
Safety Presenter: Andrew
K. Miraldi, Product Manager, Sodium Nickel Technology, FIAMM Energy LLC This presentation discusses the
details of the safety features of the sodium metal chloride battery,
including chemistry, product design and construction, and electronic control
systems. Particular attention will be given to conditions that can lead to
events that have been known to cause catastrophic failures in battery
systems, such as mechanical damage, temperature events, and mishandling or
incorrect installation. Both internal and third party testing data will be
referenced in this discussion Presentation 14 Integrating
Renewables into the Grid: Applying MW Scale Energy Storage Solutions for
Continuous Variability Management Presenter: John Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Ecoult Successful
MW scale storage projects providing grid ancillary services, wind and solar
smoothing and shifting and diesel efficiency optimization. All this will be
discussed along with groundbreaking concepts to multi-purpose existing data
center and telecom UPS infrastructure. This information will help to
effectively balance discrepancies between supply and demand on the
electricity grid, at the same time as delivering reliable UPS service. Presentation 15 Performance
Testing of Zinc-Bromide Flow Batteries for remote telecom sites. Presenter: David Rose, Energy Storage Test
Engineer, The Sandia National Laboratories This
presentation describes how the application of Zinc Bromine (Zn-Br) flow
batteries could effectively support remote telecom applications through extrapolation
of performance metrics from example system test data to remote telecom
applications. Presentation 16 Batteries and Heat - A Recipe for
Success? Presenter: Mike Zelinsky, Market and Business Development Manager, BASF
Battery Materials – Ovonic Nickel-metal
hydride (NiMH) batteries offer attractive solutions for demanding conditions.
Newly developed cathode materials allow full charge acceptance up to 65⁰C
(>60% at 85⁰C) and cycle life to more than 2000 cycles at full depth of
discharge. Several orders of magnitude higher cycle life is achievable at
lower depths of discharge. Field trials are validating performance in harsh
environments. Presenter Panel
Discussion and Q&A 10:15AM Break 10:45AM Presentations
17, 18, 19 Presentation 17 John Henry, Automation and
Remote Monitoring Presenter: Walter
Wilczewski, VP Business Development,
Phoenix Broadband Technologies LLC John
Henry was a legend of a man who could drive steel faster and better than
anyone. John Henry won his legendary contest against a steam powered
drill. Even Henry's emotional victory couldn't stop progress. We stand at a
similar crossroads with automation of battery maintenance. This paper will
clearly show the advantages of today's technology and why it just makes too
much sense to resist. Presentation 18 Portfolio Management of Real
World Battery Performance Presenter: Gregory Ratcliff, Director of Lifecycle Management,
Emerson Uninterruptable
Power Supply (UPS) systems are an essential element in modern-day industry.
These UPS systems must themselves be resistant to battery failure to
guarantee that they will be providing power when necessary. In this paper, we
discuss a tool for detecting unusual behavior in battery resistance, and we
present a case study demonstrating the effectiveness of this tool on
real-world battery data. Presentation 19 Batteries Die in Thirds Presenter: Bart Cotton, Founder,
Chief Prognosticator, Intellibatt Inc. This presentation will discuss
how battery aging observations have been made over the last couple of decades
by various battery monitoring instruments and systems. The advancement of
battery monitoring technology and organized collection and archiving of battery
performance data has made this possible. By collecting and analyzing
historical data, both on individual batteries and battery systems/strings
utilizing commonly used battery measurement parameters, typical aging
patterns can be observed. These patterns or fingerprints have a commonality.
Using the historical record and current data, predictions of battery
performance, and prognostication of battery lifetimes can be made using real
data versus estimated data based on theory or laboratory results. Presenter Panel
Discussion and Q&A 12:15PM Panel 4: Battcon Technical Committee Panel. (60 minutes)
1:15PM Closing
Ceremonies |
|
||||
|
|
Home
Exhibitor Info Sponsorship Contact
Us All information contained on this Web site
is provided in good faith and is believed to be accurate Conference details, schedules, speakers,
papers, panels, special activities, and prices Sound and/or photographic recording may
occur during the conference Battcon™ is a registered trademark of Albércorp. All rights reserved. Battcon is organized by Albércorp. Alber, 3103 North Andrews
Avenue Extension, Pompano Beach, FL 33064 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
©1997-2013 Albercorp All content is the
property of Alber. |
|