Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

X-Pact® Battery Storage is the advanced, reliable, modular and scalable containerized BESS solution for any energy management strategy in any environment. It is an important pillar of green steel technology, as green steel production requires an entirely new energy infrastructure.

X-Pact® Battery Storage

X-Pact® Battery Storage is equipped with a high-level controller (LUX EPC, Energy & Power Controller) that provides energy and power management functions in any functional modes (peak shaving, peak shifting, grid support, frequency regulation, energy arbitrage etc.), high performance in terms of dynamic and power management optimization, and predictive diagnostics.

BESS technology enhances performance at every stage of the power transmission chain:

  • at the production level, avoiding any upgrades on the grid infrastructure by flattening the generation profile;
  • at the transmission and distribution level, making the grid smarter by matching supply and demand as closely as possible;
  • at the end-user level, optimizing the energy management by improving the self-consumption ratio, reliability, and efficiency.
X-Pact® Battery Storage

Customer challenges addressed

  • Peak management and energy cost savings
  • Smart energy management, balance of supply and demand
  • Integration with renewables energy sources for time shifting
  • Improvement of grid stability and quality, active and reactive power management
  • Energy reserve for a variety of purposes: UPS, black start, spinning reserve

Key features

  • Robust container solution for installation in harsh environment
  • Compact energy storage systems from reliable battery and converter manufacturers
  • High-level controller manages energy flows coming from different energy sources
  • High performance in terms of dynamic and power management optimization
  • High level of system availability and reliability by implementing complementary procedures to limit and overcome failure into battery technology with focus on safety and environment
  • Automatic service strategy through a priority scale
  • Fast return of investment

Highlights

  • Safety and environment

    X-Pact® Battery Storage implements complementary procedures to limit and overcome failure into battery technology with a focus on safety and the environment:

    1. Intrinsic safety, to avoid operating conditions that lead to heat and gas formation
      Main actor → Battery management system
    2. Outward safety, for real-time monitoring and enhanced safety of the container
      Main actors → Safety devices (fuses, heat sensors, fans and vents for gases extraction and dissipation) 
    3. Thermal management, to prevent hazardous heat accumulation within the batteries
      Main actor → Cooling system 
    4. Fire control, to prevent and avoid fire propagation
      Main actor → Fire detection (smoke sensors) and suppression (inert gas saturation inside container)
    5. Mechanical mitigation, to prevent liquid leakages and environment contamination
      Main actors → Container base, designed to collect up to 1.400 liters of liquid

  • Modularity and flexibility

    The container solution* ensures a high level of system modularity, availability and reliability - key factors for a fast return on investment.

    The choice of different brands of power conversion systems makes it possible to find the optimal configuration in terms of:

    • power sizing (inverter number and power unit)
    • voltage level (solutions either up to 1kV or 1,5kV)
    • DC section

    Selecting different battery brands results in the product that is able to provide:

    • enhanced performances (by covering power intensive and energy intensive applications)
    • greater stability in market price fluctuations (internal competition between brands)
    • increased reliability in delivery time (by comparing the availabilities between brands)

    The right compromise between all of the above features and the customer's priorities determines a tailor-made solution.

    This provides significant benefits in terms of deployment time, commissioning procedures and maintenance activities.

    * If needed and where applicable, X-Pact® Battery Storage can be offered in a non containerized solution

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