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• Power Rating – 36 kW (assumes 1.5 kW load x 12 <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> inrush)<br />

• <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>St<strong>or</strong>age</strong> Capacity – 60 Wh<br />

• Duration – 6 seconds<br />

• Response Time – 5 milliseconds<br />

• Duty Cycle – Infrequent, e.g. 10 times per month, 120 per year<br />

• Roundtrip Efficiency – 70% (lower efficiency at maximum power)<br />

• No load Losses – less than 2%<br />

• Plant Footprint – .5 m 2<br />

• Environmental Issues – same as lead-acid batteries<br />

The only alternative to energy st<strong>or</strong>age devices is other available power sources <strong>or</strong><br />

spinning reserves. This is usually in the <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>m <strong>or</strong> a second independent feeder that is<br />

accessed within the required response time via an electronic switch. Availability <strong>of</strong> such<br />

independent feeders is rare.<br />

High-Inrush Load Supp<strong>or</strong>t <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> Substation Batteries<br />

Electrochemical capacit<strong>or</strong>s do not <strong>com</strong>pete well with batteries when a long-duration<br />

energy supply is needed. However, they excel when the requirement is high power <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> a<br />

sh<strong>or</strong>t-duration, such as <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> starting inrush, as required to operate a trip coil <strong>or</strong> mot<strong>or</strong><br />

operated switch. The fact that a station battery has to serve auxiliary loads <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> a long<br />

duration, and then at the end <strong>of</strong> this time period still have the necessary pulse power to<br />

operate high inrush loads, leads to over sizing station batteries relative to the average<br />

loads served. Another fact<strong>or</strong> contributing to desire <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> redundancy.<br />

The proposed solution is to add the electrochemical capacit<strong>or</strong>s in parallel on the battery<br />

buss via a small dc-to-dc converter to allow voltage matching during both charge and<br />

discharge. The conceptual layout is shown in Figure 27. Also required will be a small<br />

series impedance (not shown) to assure that the converter and capacit<strong>or</strong> <strong>com</strong>bination<br />

show lower impedance <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> inrush circuit requirements. Some classification and<br />

segregation <strong>of</strong> load into high power and high energy may help with design and<br />

application <strong>of</strong> this solution.<br />

Electrochemical Capacit<strong>or</strong>s 49

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