2010 Special
Activities,
Sunday,
16 May 2010
6:40AM Golf, Hillcrest Golf and Country Club, Hollywood, Florida.
Bus departs
at the Porte Cochere outside the conference center lobby.
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. See the Education page 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. See the Education page 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. See the Education page for more.
Atlantic Ballroom
4:00PM
to 8:00PM Conference Check-In
Desk Outside Grand Ballroom
2010 Trade Show Exhibitor Setup
Sunday, 16 May 2010
4:00PM
to 10:00PM Trade Show Exhibitor Setup
Grand Ballroom
Monday, 17 May 2010
10:30AM
to 1:00PM Trade Show Exhibitor Setup
Grand Ballroom
Daily Schedule
Papers, Workshops, and Round Tables
Below
is the tentative schedule for papers, panels (round table discussions) and workshops for Battcon 2010. The papers below are expected to be presented at the conference. Times and
topics are subject to change.
The Sunday schedule appears above.
2010 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 session for today’s presenters of papers.
Atlantic Ballroom 3
7:00AM
Continental Breakfast
Regency Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM
Opening Ceremonies
Regency Ballroom
Conference Orientation
J. Allen Byrne, Interstate PowerCare
Welcome to Battcon
Derek Albér, Albércorp
Introduction to the Conference
Dale Campbell, Intel Corporation
8:30AM
Presentations 1, 2, 3
The inspection is complete. What are you doing with the data?
Author: Rick Tressler
Job Title: Senior Training Engineer
Company: Albercorp
Maintenance staffers responsible for measuring and recording battery operating parameters know they are supposed to be taken on a periodic basis. After years in the business, it is clear that little or nothing is frequently done with the readings post-inspection. Technicians think Engineering is analyzing the data. Or, is it that Engineering is supposed to be doing this? In reality, no one is doing anything with the data and, in the meantime, potential battery failure waits. When data is analyzed, it's frequently misinterpreted. So, what are you doing with the data? This paper will discuss commonly measured battery parameters, what the data mean and good sources of guidance for what the readings should look like.
State of charge: Specific gravity vs. battery charging current.
Author: Steve Clark
Job Title: Senior Engineer
Company: Bechtel Power Corp.
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.
A proposed 80% service test to satisfy the duty cycle and to trend battery capacity.
Author: Kyle Floyd
Job Title: Consultant
Company: Excel Services Corporation
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.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
10:00AM
Break
10:30AM
Presentations 4, 5, 6
Commercial lithium-ion reserve power systems.
Author: Jay Frankhouser
Job Title: Director of Global Product Management
Company: C&D Technologies, Inc.
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.
Energy storage systems for UPS and energy management at the consumer level.
Author: Marco Piemontesi
Job Title: Advanced Development Manager
Company: GE Digital Energy
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.
Sophistication versus simplicity: System design considerations for lithium-ion batteries in standby power applications.
Author: Jim McDowall
Job Title: Business Development Manager, North America
Company: SAFT America, Inc.
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.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
12:00PM
Lunch
Atlantic Ballroom
1:30PM
Panel 1: Round Table Discussion:
Battery 'common wisdom': Truth, fiction, or we just don't know! (90 minutes)
You've all heard them: rules of thumb, general principles, and battery 'common wisdom.' But can you believe them? Some are based on sound chemistry or physics, while others are of unknown origin and indeterminate scientific basis (i.e. old wives' tales). The panel will stand in judgment over some common battery 'facts' and audience members are encouraged to air their own favorites.
Jim McDowall, Chair, Glenn Albér, Tom Croda, Pete DeMar, Mike Nispel
3:00PM
Break
3:30PM
Panel 2: Round Table Discussion:
Test practices around the world. (90 minutes)
This panel discussion will focus on the different types of load tests used within the power company, telecom and UPS environments to guarantee battery performance. Tests ranging from full blown capacity tests to simple integrity tests will be discussed for VLA, VRLA and NiCd. The merits or shortcomings of each type of test will be commented on by the panel experts.
Wieland Rusch, Co-Chair, Glenn Alber, Co-Chair, Bill Cantor, Pete DeMar, Ed Rafter
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
2010 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 session for today’s presenters of papers.
Atlantic Ballroom 3
7:00AM
Continental Breakfast
Regency Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM
Opening Remarks
Regency Ballroom
8:15AM
Presentations 7, 8, 9
Divergence by harmonisation. Basics of the EU directive on batteries: The legal scope and its impacts.
Author: Ofira Varga
Job Title: Senior Consultant
Company: 1WEEE Services GmbH
This paper outlines the objectives and most important provisions of the European Union's Battery Directive 2006/66/EC. It will give you a short description of the political background and an overview of the national implementation status in the 27 EU member states. The main part of the article will focus on the scope of the Directive and try to answer as precisely as possible the most important questions of industry.
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: Terry Chapman
Job Title: Technical Support and Strategy
Company: Southern California Edison
NERC is in the process of updating the battery maintenance requirements in
the reliability standard PRC-005. This is the standard that outlines the
maintenance requirements for all protective devices in a Bulk Power
System. The purpose of this paper is to familiarize the end user with the
battery maintenance requirements for both the current standard as well as
the upcoming changes.
NERC compliance monitoring and enforcement: The effort and the impact.
Author: Minturn Osborne
Job Title: President
Company: Power Agent Systems, LLC
If the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) plan for
stationary battery support procedures is to prevent the challenges of the
last decade, the suggested points of measurement and procedures are
acceptable. However, if the proposed criteria can be broadened with an eye
to the future, this search for standards and procedures can allow us to
address past disasters and to capitalize on new opportunities.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
9:45AM
Break
10:15AM
Presentations 10, 11, 12
Ultracapacitor / battery hybrid designs: Where are we?
Author: Carey O'Donnell
Job Title: Vice President, Business Development
Company: Mesa Technical Associates, Inc.
This paper discusses recent developments in ultracapacitor design and capabilities and explores the growing potential of ultracapacitors in traditional energy storage applications. There is increasing interest in exploring battery / ultracapacitor hybrid designs as an alternative to current approaches involving batteries coupled with flywheels, fuel cells, and generator sets. The paper presents data that demonstrates the ability of an ultracapacitor to deliver high-rate, short duration current to complement traditional lead acid battery performance, providing a best of both worlds hybrid solution aimed at reducing battery cost, footprint, and maintenance, while increasing overall system performance and reliability.
Sodium-metal halide batteries for stationary applications.
Author: Richard Bourgeois
Job Title: Lead Systems Engineer
Company: GE Transportation
Batteries based on sodium-metal halide chemistry have a long history in
electric vehicle applications. Their high specific energy, power
density, and long cyclic life have led to further development of the
technology for critical stationary applications such as uninterruptible
power systems (UPS) and telecom backup systems. The sodium battery's
capability for sustained high-power discharge and frequent cycling make
it an ideal candidate to transform stationary battery applications from
simple backup power to hybrid energy storage systems, allowing energy
savings through off-peak grid recharging and renewable power
integration.
Heat tolerant NiMH batteries for stationary power.
Author: Michael Zelinsky
Job Title: Director, Marketing and Business Development
Company: Ovonic Materials Division
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.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:45AM
Lunch
Atlantic Ballroom
1:15PM Panel 3: Round Table Discussion:
More maintenance vs. less maintenance. (90 minutes)
This panel, together with the audience, will discuss the factors that might affect how often maintenance is performed. Such factors might include type of site, type of batteries, potential revenue loss due to outages, etc. In addition, the panel and audience will posit what proper maintenance intervals ought to be for certain types of applications.
Curtis Ashton, Chair, J. Allen Byrne, Jeff LaMarca, Joe Parrino
2:45PM
Break
3:15PM Tuesday (concurrent sessions)
UPS
Workshop
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 Tuesday (concurrent sessions)
Utility Workshop
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: Terry Chapman, Kurt Uhlir
3:15PM Tuesday (concurrent sessions)
Telecom Workshop
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
2010 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 session for today’s presenters of papers.
Atlantic Ballroom 3
7:00AM
Continental Breakfast
Regency Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM
Opening Remarks
Regency Ballroom
8:15AM
Presentations 13, 14, 15, 16
The proper charging of stationary lead-acid batteries. (Your battery is only as good as how you charge it.)
Author: J. Allen Byrne
Job Title: Engineering, Training and Technical Support Manager
Company: Interstate PowerCare
All too often, stationary batteries are not charged correctly or adequately. This leads to a shortened battery life and can cause a premature and sometimes catastrophic battery failure. Battery charging is a complex issue. Consideration has to be given to many fixed and varying parameters, such as battery type and chemistry, battery application, and the environment in which the battery is being used. The intent of this paper is to educate battery users on the subject of battery charging and detail the proper methods of float (maintenance) charging, recharging, equalize (boost) charging, adjusting the charge for temperature excursions and limiting the charge current when necessary. There are many types of stationary batteries in use today and each chemistry has its own unique and often complex charging requirements but, for the purpose of this paper, the discussion is restricted to the lead-acid chemistry.
Shutdown of DCS due to the Coup de Fouet effect of lead acid batteries.
Author: Geraldo Bieler
Job Title: Consultant
Company: Petrobras
Due to a blackout of the utility's electrical system, some UPS batteries of a oil refinery failed to feed their loads, even apparently having charge enough to supply their loads. Several tests were performed and the conclusions led to "Coup de Fouet" effect, an intrinsic phenomenon of lead acid batteries. This paper discusses the risks of this effect for critical systems in continuous processes and the actions taken to mitigate the problem, including some maintenance procedure recommendations for coexisting with it.
When thermal runaway strikes, what should you do?
Author: Mark Dixon
Job Title: Stationary Operation Chief Engineer
Company: ABM Engineering Services
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.
Lead acid battery specification writing: Keep it relevant and simple!
Author: John Kim
Job Title: Sr. Technical Account Manager
Company: C&D Technologies, Inc.
This paper describes how to write a meaningful lead-acid battery specification. Three sections that should be included are: 1. Definitions of the application - A description of environmental conditions, duty cycle, recharge method, and maintenance issues. 2. Customer preferences - Customer options based on preference, such as VLA vs. VRLA, single cell vs. multicell, single string vs. parallel. 3. Specified requirements - Items specified by the customer for a proper application, such as construction materials, design features, dimensions, and warranty. If followed, the battery proposals will match the application, can be compared to each other, and allow for a battery manufacturer to offer an improved option for a price premium. This allows the customer to truly evaluate and compare the various offerings to make the best selection possible.
Presenter
Panel Discussion and Q&A
10:15AM
Break
10:45
Presentations 17, 18, 19
Lead Purity: The mother of all VRLA problems.
Author: Harold Vanasse
Job Title: Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Company: Philadelphia Scientific, LLC
VRLA batteries seem to have a multitude of problems leading to low capacity and short life, including dryout, plate growth, high float current, high hydrogen evolution and negative plate discharge, to name a few. This paper shows that all these are related and stem from a single source problem - the fundamental problem of VRLA batteries. That problem, which was not recognized by the industry for many years, was the use of slightly impure lead in the plates. Given that improving lead purity is not feasible, the best solution to the problem must fit the given circumstances of the current environment. How this problem can be corrected is explained, both for new production cells and for reclaiming older cells in service.
UPS with a battery system 101. Education for the end user: Help is on the way!
Author: Shawn Pryer
Job Title: Senior FSE / DC Systems Supervisor
Company: Chloride Power Protection
This paper’s intent is to educate the end user and provide recommendations
on how to properly size, install, commission, test, and maintain your UPS with
a battery system.
Battery circuits for stationary applications designed for the long haul.
Author: Matthew Theriault
Job Title: Designer
Company: HindlePower, Inc.
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.
12:15PM
Panel 4: Round Table Discussion:
Ask the Experts. (60 minutes)
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.
Curtis Ashton, J. 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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