Integrated Intelligent Energy ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (7): 63-73.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-0706.2024.07.008

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Comprehensive benefit analysis on the cascade utilization of a power battery system

HUANG Xiaofan1(), LI Jiarui1, LIU Hui2, TANG Xiaoping1, WANG Ziyao1, WANG Tong1   

  1. 1. Huadian Electric Power Research Institute Company Limited, Hangzhou 310030, China
    2. Huadian Coal Industry Group Company Limited, Beijing 100035,China
  • Received:2024-03-18 Revised:2024-04-18 Published:2024-07-25
  • Supported by:
    Science and Technology Project of China Huadian Corporation(CHDKJ21-01-103)

Abstract:

With the development of clean energy, new energy vehicles gradually entered the market. As an energy storage device and an important component of a new energy vehicle, the power battery will see its performance degradation with the extension of time and changes in working conditions until its decommissioning. The retired power battery can be applied to other fields to improve its full-life cycle value. A life-cycle assessment(LCA) model and a life-cycle cost(LCC) model for the cascade utilization of a power battery system are developed. The environmental impacts of a pack of lithium iron phosphate batteries' five stages from production to recycling on global warming potential (GWP) are calculated by the LCA. The GWP, fine particulate matter formation (FPMF), terrestrial acidification (TA), marine eutrophication (MEP)and fossil resource scarcity (FRS) of the battery system under four scenarios are analyzed, and sensitivity analyses on parameters such as energy consumption and charging and discharging efficiency are conducted. LCC assessment analyses the net present value (NPV) and levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of the battery system, and sensitivity analyses are performed on parameters that affected LCOE, such as energy storage efficiency and discharge depth. The results show that retired batteries processed by wet recycling applied to wind energy storage have favorable social benefits, leading to a smallest GWP of 194. The NPV and LCOE of the system with a 15-year service time are -42.066 million yuan, 2.44 yuan/(kW·h), respectively. Making quantitative analyses on the social and economic benefits of the cascade utilization of power battery energy storage systems is of great significance for comprehensive utilization of resources and environmental protection in China.

Key words: clean energy, power battery, cascade utilization, life-cycle assessment, life-cycle cost, global warming potential, levelized cost of electricity, new energy vehicle

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