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Reference Number	GR/M15095/01
Title	BATTERY CHARGE MANAGEMENT FOR MINIMUM COST PV SYSTEMS
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 10%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 90%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 75%; Applied Research and Development 25%;
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Dr JA (Jim ) Halliday No email address given Energy Research Unit STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	01 November 1998
End Date	28 February 2001
Duration	28 months
Total Grant Value	£54,962
Industrial Sectors	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region	South East
Programme	Infrastructure and Environment
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Dr JA (Jim ) Halliday , Energy Research Unit, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council) (100.000%)
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Objectives	(linked to grant GR/M15088/01 - Markvart and Ross)
Abstract	The main objective of the project is to concurrently develop battery charge management and system sizing techniques, in order to minimise the lifetime cost of stand-alone PV/battery and PV/Wind/battery systems. Such systems tend to be low capacity, and tend to favour the use of sealed lead-acid (SLA) batteries due to their portability, and low maintenance requirements. The industrial collaborators (Trinity House Lighthouse Service and CMP Batteries Standby Division) have identified a need toproduce highly reliable PV/battery and PV/Wind/battery systems together with battery charge regimes which optimise the battery cost/lifetime.
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	01/06/07