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1. Plug and Play
8. Stacking of Use Cases
(Outage Recovery and
Grid Support)
2. Standard Connection
3. Quick Connect
and Ready to Start
4. Autonomous/Black
Start Capable
figure 9. Key design features of MESS.
✔ Road worthiness achieved by adhering to the DOT
requirements and any other state or regional regulations
- so it can be easily transported through highways
and country roads.
✔ Automatic MESS operation with minimal intervention
from the operator.
✔ Reliability and dependability as its primary use case
is to respond to customer needs during emergency
times. This is achieved by extended (continuous) operation
for multiple days, while minimizing maintenance
downtime through intelligent monitoring and
preventative maintenance schemes. MESS features
advanced data collection, condition monitoring, and
extensive data analytics for incipient fault detection
and preventive maintenance.
✔ Meeting and exceeding safety and fire protection
standards and regulatory compliance requirements.
✔ Incorporating automated condition inspection and
health assessment schemes to expedite pre-start
checks and alarm reporting.
Conclusions and Next Steps
In line with climate change programs, aiming for a more
sustainable and renewable-based energy transition of the
power and utility industry, MESS is envisioned to be a key
technology offering clean alternative solutions for emergency
outage managements. To be viable and successful
MESS must incorporate flexibility for interconnection and
usage, scalability and modularity in energy delivery, and
fast response for supply recovery during widespread outages.
Furthermore, to become an integral part of utilities
fleets and asset portfolio, MESS has to offer: 1) standardization
of interconnection process, 2) streamlined operation
and maintenance, 3) highly safe, reliable, and dependable
solution, and 4) justifiable business case built upon
Mobile
Energy
Storage
7. Protection and Safety
6. Local/Remote
Monitoring and Control
5. Simplicity of Operation
staking of application for both
normal and emergency conditions.
Increase in the utilization
factor of MESS is the number
one challenge for achieving an
affordable clean solution.
As technology is evolving and
several commercial products are
being introduced to the market,
standardization efforts have to
happen in parallel to lead the technology
deployment and facilitate
the implementation stage. This
is the goal of an Industry Connections
(IC) Activity recently
initiated with support from IEEE
standard association. The group has been focusing on identifying
viable use cases, identifying technology gaps and
development requirements, and facilitating business case
preparation for a fleet of MESS based on real world data
from utility fleet operations during various recent disaster
recovery events.
Use cases of MESS and its operational strategies are
highly dependent on the geography, jurisdiction, and distribution
system characteristics. It is an important step for
utilities to evaluate MESS technology based on their own
requirements and identify the merits of technology together
with its financial justification. Meanwhile, a great effort
towards standardization of technology and its integration
to customer facilities and utility fleets is required to ensure
a smooth transition to a more promising energy supply for
emergency response in future.
For Further Reading
✔ 2030.2.1-2019-IEEE Guide for Design, Operation,
and Maintenance of Battery Energy Storage Systems,
Both Stationary and Mobile, and Applications
Integrated with Electric Power Systems
✔ https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/
mobile-and-transportable-energy-storage-systemstechnology-readiness-safety-and-operation/
Biographies
Shadi
Chuangpishit is with Quanta Technology, Toronto,
ON.
Farid Katiraei is with Quanta Technology, Toronto, ON.
Babu Chalamala is with Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Damir Novosel is with Quanta Technology, Raleigh, NC.
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