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Calendar Degradation of Batteries

  • Bárbara
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28 Apr 2020 07:55 #8152 by Bárbara
Calendar Degradation of Batteries was created by Bárbara
I'm having a problem when I simulate battery considering  “Calendar Degradation: Enter Custom” (and all type of batteries). When I use a Wheather File with a time-step of 60min everything works perfectly, but when I use a lower time step, for instance of 30min, battery lifetime becomes half than what it should be. For a time-step of 15min, lifetime is a quarter of the lifetime with a time-step of 60min. 
There is a similar problem with the option “Lithium-ion model” for Li batteries. In this case, when the time-step is 15min, battery lifetime makes no sense since every year the battery is replaced.

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28 Apr 2020 10:49 #8155 by Paul Gilman
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Dear Bárbara,

Please see this post for my response:

sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/2981

Best regards,
Paul.

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28 Apr 2020 12:42 #8156 by Bárbara
Replied by Bárbara on topic Calendar Degradation of Batteries
Thank you for your answer, Paul. But I still have a problem when I use the option Calendar Degradation: Lithium ion model. In this case, when the weather file has a time-step of 15min, battery lifetime makes no sense since every 3 cycles the battery is replaced. But , again, it works well when I use a weather file with a time step of 60 min. Thank you again.

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30 Apr 2020 13:55 #8166 by Paul Gilman
Replied by Paul Gilman on topic Calendar Degradation of Batteries
Dear Bárbara,

Thank you for pointing that out. We are investigating:

github.com/NREL/SAM/issues/291

Best regards,
Paul.

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