References & useful battery information sources
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Vojtech Svoboda: "Benchmarking project; WP3.1; Definition of performance
requirements for energy storage systems in each category"; Centre for Solar
Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg, March 2004 |
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L.W.M. Beurskens et al: "Economic performance of storage technologies",
ECN-C--03-132; Petten, December 2003 |
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Alan Ruddell: deliverable WP 3.2 of the Benchmarking project (in preparation) |
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Dirk Uwe Sauer et al, 14th PVSEC Conference, Barcelona, 1997, pp.1348 - 1353 |
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Dirk Uwe Sauer et al, “ Charge strategies for valve-regulated lead/acid
batteries in solar power applications” Journal of Power sources 95 (2001)
141-152
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Energy storage – A key technology for decentralised power, power quality and
celan transport, published by the European Commission, Energy, Environment and
Sustainable development, EUR 19978, ISBN 92-894-1561-4;
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Testing of storage batteries used in stand alone photovoltaic power systems;
Test procedures and examples of test results; IEA PVPS T3-11:2002;
http://www.oja-services.nl/iea-pvps/ products/download/rep3_11.pdf |
General information on storage technologies can be found in:
http://www.itpower.co.uk/investire/
http://www.energystorage.org/index.html
http://www.greennet.at/ Investire
network
The technology reports are particularly useful
IEA PV power systems programme:
http://www.oja-services.nl/iea-pvps/intro/index.htm
Recommended Practices for Charge Controllers IEA PVPS T3-T05:1998
http://www.oja-services.nl/iea-pvps/products/download/rep3_05.pdf
Lead-acid battery guide for stand-alone photovoltaic systems IEA PVPS
T3-T06:1999
http://www.oja-services.nl/iea-pvps/products/download/rep3_06.pdf
Sandia labs have a number of relevant reports which can be downloaded:
http://www.sandia.gov/ess/Publications/pubs.html
PV Battery Handbook, Hill & McCarthy, Hyperion Energy Systems Ltd, March
1995
The handbook describes the use of batteries in Photovoltaic applications
Compiled under EC contract JOU-CT92-0120 'Concerted action on PV systems: Task
3 (Batteries)'
http://www.hyperion.ie/index.htm
A well updated list of battery manufacturers can be found on the site of
Bill Darden:
http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/batbrand.htm#selectors
Bill Darden also maintains a site with information to select the right car and
deep-cycle battery:
http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/index.htm