Special
Activities
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Special
Activities,
Sunday,
16 May 2010
7:00AM Golf, Westin Diplomat Resort Golf Course.
Bus departs
outside the transportation lobby entrance.
1:30PM
to 5:30PM Seminar
Stationary Battery Basics
(0.4 CEU's awarded)
Instructors: Garth Corey, Rick Tressler
Do I use the same charge voltage for all my different batteries?
What is the impact of using the wrong charge voltage? When is a
battery operating in a cycling environment? A standby/float environment?
What are the management differences? What are some of the more predominant
battery failure mechanisms? What can be done to avoid and control
them? How can I get the most life out of my batteries? This session
can help. Our two instructors spend the afternoon discussing fundamentals
of the lead-acid battery.
This
$99 seminar helps you better understand batteries and the material
presented at the conference. Click the Education button for more.
Atlantic Ballroom
1:30PM
to 5:30 PM Seminar
Beyond the Fundamentals Seminar:
Advanced Topics in Lead-Acid Batteries
(0.4 CEU's awarded)
Instructors: Curtis Ashton, Steve Clark
This seminar
provides additional, in-depth information for attendees who need
a more intense understanding of their battery systems. Beyond the
Fundamentals explores five key topic areas that will assist in understanding
more about what goes on inside as well as outside a battery. These
topics include discussions on the following:
- 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. Click the Education button for more.
Atlantic Ballroom
1:30PM
to 5:30PM Seminar
Focus
On: In-Depth Maintenance Techniques
(0.4
CEU's awarded)
Instructors: Bill Cantor, Ed Rafter, Lesley Varga
More stationary battery systems owners are turning to their own internal technical staff to assume the role of maintenance. What readings should you take? How often? What do the numbers mean? How do you know if your battery’s state of health is good, fair or poor? What basic test equipment is needed to fulfill the recommendations of industry-recommended maintenance practices?
Additional topics may include, but are not limited to, interconnection servicing, single cell charging and the how and why of string equalization procedures. Join us Sunday afternoon to learn the answers to these and other questions as our instructors help you to better understand more about what is needed to properly maintain your battery.
This
$99 seminar helps you better understand batteries and the material
presented at the conference. Click the Education button for more.
Atlantic Ballroom
4:00PM
to 8:00PM Conference Check-In
Desk Outside Grand Ballroom
Trade Show Exhibitor Setup
Sunday, 16 May 2010
6:00PM
to 10:00PM Trade Show Exhibitor Setup
Grand Ballroom
Monday, 17 May 2010
10:30AM
to 1:00PM Trade Show Exhibitor Setup
Grand Ballroom
Papers, Workshops, and Round Tables
Below
is the tentative schedule for papers, round table discussions and workshops for Battcon 2010. Times and
topics are subject to change.
Anticipated Papers
The papers below are expected to be presented at the conference. The author's name and affiliation and the date and time of presentation will be listed when confirmed. This list is subject to change.
Panels and workshops are listed within the schedule that follows.
A new sodium metal halide battery. [working title]
Author: GB
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Do you know the status of the station DC supply for your bulk power system? A utility's perspective on the upcoming changes of NERC PRC-005.
Author: TC
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
State of charge: Specific gravity vs. float current.
Author: SC
Job Title
Company
One of the significant changes in IEEE 450-2002 was to endorse the use of float current for monitoring the state of charge of vented lead-acid batteries. The position was recently accepted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) technical branch during the approval of TSTF-500. However, in talking to members of the battery community outside of the 450 working group, it appears that the basis for this change is not clearly understood. The purpose of this paper is to examine why the working group endorsed float current monitoring as the primary method to determine state of charge.
Utilizing large-scale energy storage systems to overcome challenges in renewable energy integration.
Author: CC
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Shutdown of DCS due to the effect Coup de Fouet of lead acid batteries.
Author: CC
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
When thermal run-away strikes, what should you do?
Author: MD
Job Title
Company
When a UPS battery reaches 80% of its capacity, industry standards say it’s no longer reliable and must be replaced. But when a battery string experiences thermal runaway, there is a potential for fire. There is a process that not only eliminates thermal runaway, but rejuvenates a battery back to a reliable condition that can save a company millions of dollars in cost and downtime.
A proposed 80% service test to satisfy the duty cycle and to trend battery capacity.
Author: KF
Job Title
Company
This proposed test would be used each refueling outage at nuclear plants in lieu of the normal service test. In addition, the proposed test would replace both types of performance tests for trending capacity and condition monitoring. The use of this test could facilitate qualification for the advanced nuclear plants.
Commercial lithium-ion reserve power systems.
Author: JF
Job Title
Company
Commercial applications for lithium ion reserve power systems are emerging for niche applications that have traditionally utilized lead acid or nickel based systems. The hybrid nature of these systems requires unique design, development, and testing considerations for system developers and also presents new variables that the end user must consider when evaluating and purchasing these new technology products.
VRLA batteries: Lessons learned with storage, installation, activation, and capacity tests.
Author: PJ
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
The fundamental problem with VRLA's.
Author: WJ
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Evolving lead-acid batteries: Design and management for cycle service.
Author: KK
Job Title
Company
Increasing emphasis on cycle-service energy storage has been driving development in all storage technologies, and lead-acid is no exception. We'll explore specific battery design and management options for getting more out of lead-acid chemistry in heavy cycling applications, including some of the big players in the cost equation, tactics for increasing overall battery efficiency, shifting failure modes that result from improvements, and how that all stacks up for reducing the real cost of storing energy.
Art of battery specification writing: Keep it relevant and simple!
Author: JK
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Sophistication versus simplicity: System design considerations for lithium-ion batteries in standby power applications.
Author: JM
Job Title
Company
System architecture for traditional lead-acid and nickel-cadmium batteries has evolved in particular ways to meet specific application requirements. As users start to consider new technologies such as lithium-ion there will be a natural tendency to maintain the same system architecture that has worked so well for them over the years. But is this the right decision? This paper addresses two applications - telecom OSP and utility substations - comparing existing battery solutions with Li-ion, and how the dc power system can be adapted and optimized to provide for successful application of Li-ion batteries. Recommendations are provided for the user to evaluate competing technologies, with particular reference to a soon-to-be published IEEE standards document.
Providing a full uptime battery warranty: A case study and how this can apply to the supply of sustainable energy as an asset in a standby application.
Author: LM
Job Title
Company
This paper presents the details of an existing battery application used in automatic guided vehicles for a manufacturing facility, where the system must run 24/7. The system design provides full uptime warranty, without outages for five years in a battery cycling application. The presentation discusses the parameters used and the support systems put into place to ensure 100% delivery of energy over the required lifetime. The conclusions will demonstrate how the same design parameters can be transferred to a standby DC system that can provide 100% guaranteed energy for any critical standby application.
Ultracapacitor/battery hybrid designs: Where are we?
Author: CO
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
FERC: Collateral opportunities and impact of the pending regulation.
Author: MO
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Energy storage systems for UPS and energy management at the consumer level.
Author: MP
Job Title
Company
Power utilities and large industrial power consumers look at ESS's (Energy Storage Systems) for grid stabilization. Any storage capacity in the grid does not replace the requirement of the UPS, which always has to be closest to the critical load. On the other hand, a UPS with adequate ESS can introduce energy management at the consumer level and support grid stability. A technical and economic evaluation is given on the options for ESS's with respect to the most important requirements for UPS and energy management at the consumer level.
Understanding your UPS and battery system.
Author: SP
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Electric cars, electric boats, electric mass transportation: It’s the 19th century all over again!
Author: AS
Job Title
Company
This paper presents a retrospective look at the battery industry that primarily concentrates on 19th century contributions. We have seen this industry begin as a way to use electricity to provide parlor games and evolve into an important part of the growth of industry and our culture. An important feature of this paper is that it will appeal to the historian in all of us and, hopefully, create a mood of both introspection and motivation toward improving our future.
Building ease of use into stationary battery circuits.
Author: MT
Job Title
Company
Take a ride through the wires of a DC bus protecting the turbines and high voltage lines of the USA. Take back with you a photo of each stop along the way and learn the importance of the crossings and the connections.
Basics of the EU directive on batteries: The legal scope and its impacts.
Author: OV
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
NiMH batteries can take the heat.
Author: MZ
Job Title
Company
Since their market introduction two decades ago, nickel metal-hydride batteries have demonstrated outstanding safety, performance, and reliability, capturing an ever-growing share of the consumer market and completely dominating hybrid electric vehicles while continued R&D has significantly improved power and energy density, cycle life, and temperature resistance. Applying this advanced battery technology to stationary power applications could yield substantial benefits to the operator, especially in outdoor installations that are routinely exposed to high temperatures.
Paper.
Author
Job Title
Company
Paper
description not available.
Conference
Day 1, Monday, 17 May 2010
7:00AM
Conference Check-In
Desk Outside Grand Ballroom
7:00AM to 5:00PM Internet Café
Sponsored by EnerSys
Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:00AM
Paper Presenters Ready Room
Breakfast for today’s presenters of papers.
TBD
7:00AM
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM
Opening Ceremonies
Regency Ballroom
8:30AM
Presentations 1, 2, 3
Paper.
Author
Job Title
Company
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description not available.
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description not available.
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description not available.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
10:00AM
Break
10:30AM
Presentations 4, 5, 6
Paper.
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description not available.
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description not available.
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description not available.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
12:00PM
Lunch
Atlantic Ballroom
1:30PM
Round Table Discussion 1
Title.
Description.
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3:00PM
Break
3:30PM
Round Table Discussion 2
Title.
Description.
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5:00PM
Session Ends
5:30PM
to 7:00PM Outdoor Cocktail Party
Sponsored by East Penn
Appetizers served outdoors. The main course food and reception continue
inside in the Trade Show area starting at 6:30.
South Palm Court
6:30PM
to 10:00PM Trade Show and Reception
Sponsored by East Penn
Grand Ballroom
10:00PM to 1:00AM Reception with Live Music
Sponsored by East Penn / Deka Unigy
With live music by the Fabulous Fleetwoods.
Atlantic Ballroom
Conference
Day 2, Tuesday, 18 May 2010
7:00AM to 5:00PM Internet Café
Sponsored by EnerSys
Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:00AM
Paper Presenters Ready Room
Breakfast for today’s presenters of papers.
TBD
7:00AM
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM
Opening Remarks
Regency Ballroom
8:15AM
Presentations 7, 8, 9
Paper.
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description not available.
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description not available.
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description not available.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
9:45AM
Break
10:15AM
Presentations 10, 11, 12
Paper.
Author
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Company
Paper
description not available.
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description not available.
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description not available.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:45AM
Lunch
Atlantic Ballroom
1:15PM Round Table Discussion 3
Title.
Description.
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2:45PM
Break
3:15PM UPS
Workshop (concurrent session)
Title: A battery-backed UPS is only as good as its batteries.
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.
The actual content of this audience-driven workshop will vary depending on interaction of the attendees.
Co-Moderators: Dale Campbell, Ed Rafter
3:15PM Utility Workshop (concurrent session)
Title: FERC, NERC and Stationary Batteries.
In June 2007, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) the legal authority to enforce reliability standards with all U.S. users, owners, and operators of the electrical power generation system and made compliance with those standards mandatory and enforceable. Reliability standards are also mandatory and enforceable in parts of Canada, and NERC is seeking to achieve comparable results in all Canadian provinces. NERC will also seek recognition in Mexico after the necessary legislation is adopted. This workshop will discuss the requirements regarding stationary batteries in the form of an open, interactive discussion driven by the attendees. Subject matter experts will be in attendance.
The actual content of this audience-driven workshop will vary depending on interaction of the attendees.
Co-Moderators: Kurt Uhlir, TBD
3:15PM Telecom Workshop (concurrent session)
Title: Telecom Battery Triage.
Share stories about successful and unsuccessful battery maintenance practices, proper and improper battery design and sizing guidelines, and successes and failures in DSL backup, or anything else you want to relate about batteries in telecom.
The actual content of this audience-driven workshop will vary depending on interaction of the attendees.
Co-Moderators: Curtis Ashton, John Gagge
5:15PM Session Ends
5:30PM
to 9:00PM Combined Trade Show and Reception
Sponsored by BAE
Grand Ballroom
Conference
Day 3, Wednesday, 19 May 2010
7:00AM to 1:00PM Internet Café
Sponsored by EnerSys
Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:00AM
Paper Presenters Ready Room
Breakfast for today’s presenters of papers.
TBD
7:00AM
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM
Opening Remarks
Regency Ballroom
8:15AM
Presentations 13, 14, 15, 16
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description not available.
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Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
10:15AM
Break
10:45
Presentations 17, 18, 19
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12:15PM
Round Table Discussion 4: Ask the experts.
Box lunch served. Chat 'n Chew!
A
panel of experts dedicated to resolving any remaining questions
and issues you may have from previous presentations and panel
discussions. New this year, you may submit a question now that
will be reviewed by this panel and quite possibly discussed during
the panel’s presentation. Submit a question now!
Curtis Ashton, Allen Byrne, Dale Campbell, Jim McDowall,
Mike Nispel, Rick Tressler, Kurt Uhlir, Lesley Varga, Glenn Albér, Garth Corey
1:30PM Closing Ceremonies
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