2024 Peer Review Agenda

Monday, August 5, 2024

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Introduction	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories
Welcome Remarks	Eric Hsieh	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Welcome Remarks	Amy Halloran	Sandia National Laboratories
Welcome Remarks	Charles Hanley	Sandia National Laboratories

Roundtable: Energy Storage Program Managers Mali Balasubramanian, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Patrick Balducci, Argonne National Laboratory Ray Byrne, Sandia National Laboratories Vincent Sprenkle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Demonstration Projects	Waylon Clark	Sandia National Laboratories
Washington Clean Energy Fund Grid Modernization: Energy Storage Demonstration Projects 2015 – 2019	Jeremy Berke	Washington State Department of Commerce
Energy Storage for Social Equity (ES4SE) Deployment Projects Review	Henry Guan	Sandia National Laboratories
Lessons Learned in Deployment Projects Data Collection	Tim Wilcox	Sandia National Laboratories
California Energy Commission / Sandia CRADA Overview	Ramesh Koripella	Sandia National Laboratories
Codes & Standards Development Work	David Schoenwald Michael Ropp	Sandia National Laboratories
Q&A

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Medium & Long Duration Energy Storage	Imre Gyuk	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Soluble Iron Complexes for Redox Flow Batteries	Aaron Hollas	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Freeze-Thaw Batteries Based on Low-Cost Phase Change Materials for Seasonal Energy Storage	Mark Weller	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
sCO2-based Thermo-Mechanical Energy Storage	Manas Pathak	EarthEN Energy
Lessons Learned in California from the Research and Field Deployments of LDES Technologies to Support California’s Future Clean Energy Goals	Mike Gravely	California Energy Commission
Progress Report on Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES)	Howard Trott	Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES)
Q&A

Session 3: Flow Batteries

Session Lead: Mali Balasubramanian

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Flow Batteries	Mali Balasubramanian	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cost-effective, Non-PFAS Ion-selective Membranes for Next-Generation Alkali Metal Redox-flow Batteries	Guang Yang	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Long-Lifetime Hydroxyphenazine Derivatives for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Aaron Hollas	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Polycomplex Ion Additive for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow	Hyung-Seok Lim	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Performance of Benzophenone Negolytes in Nonaqueous Environments	Sandip Maurya	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Flow Battery Research at Sandia	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
Q&A

Session 4: Regulatory

Session Lead: Will McNamara

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Sandia Policy and Outreach: Key Achievements for FY24	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories
Regulatory Research and Storage as Transmission	Jeremy Twitchell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Best Practices in State Energy Storage and Equity	Todd Olinsky-Paul	Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA)
Innovative Financing for Energy Storage	Dan Boff	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tracking Local Moratoria and Other Key Considerations for Battery Energy Storage Siting	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Cybersecurity of Battery Energy Storage Systems	Victoria O’Brien	Sandia National Laboratories
Q&A
Sponsor Video	Jeff Reeves	The Flow Battery Industry Group, a part of BCI

Poster Session/Reception

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Introduction	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories
Welcome Remarks	Mo Kamaludeen	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
Keynote Presentation The Role of Energy Storage in Puget Sound Energy’s Resource Planning	Craig Pospisil	Puget Sound Energy

Session 5: Analytics & Tools

Session Lead: Patrick Balducci

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Storage Innovations Framework Study	Patrick Balducci	Argonne National Laboratory
Impact of the Megapack Battery Cycle Life by Different Balancing Strategies	Surya Ayalasomayajula	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sandia Energy Storage Analytics	Tu Nguyen	Sandia National Laboratories
ProGRESS: An Open-Source Tool for Assessing Resource Adequacy of the Electric Power Grid Considering Renewable Generation and Energy Storage	Atri Bera	Sandia National Laboratories
Advanced Energy Storage Planning for a Decarbonized and Resilient Grid	Konstantinos Oikonomou	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Valuation and Control Methods and Tools	Di Wu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Q&A

Session 6: Sodium Batteries

Session Lead:  Xiaolin Li

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Sodium Batteries	Xiaolin Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sodium Polysulfide and Thiophosphate Catholytes for Redox Flow Batteries	Ethan Self	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Na-ion Battery Development	Fred Omenya	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Low Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
Multi-scale Analysis of Sodium-ion Safety in Commercial Cells	Alex Bates	Sandia National Laboratories
Process R&D for Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials Manufacturing	Ronnie Tao	Argonne National Laboratory
Q&A

Session 7: Safety & Reliability

Session Lead:  Loraine Torres-Castro

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Safety & Reliability of Energy Storage Systems: Overview of Efforts at the National Laboratories	Loraine Torres-Castro	Sandia National Laboratories
Thermal Runaway Studies: Development of Coatings for Over-Temperature Warning and Database of Hazards Risk Ranking	Chanaka Ihala Gamaralalage	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ESS Safety: IntelliVentTM Explosion Control Installation Updates	Matt Paiss	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Commercial Single Cell Testing Update uUder Grid Cycles	Daiwon Choi	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Toward Understanding the Role of Cell Venting in Module-to-Module Propagation	Mike Meehan	Sandia National Laboratories
Impact of Aging on the Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Q&A

Session 8: Equity & Resilience

Session Lead:  Diane Baldwin

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Equity & Resilience	Diane Baldwin	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Maryland Energy Storage Initiative: Equity Efforts	Jared Deluccia	Maryland Public Service Commission
The Role of Energy Storage in an Equitable Energy Transition	Jon DeCooman	Michigan Public Service Commission
Quantifying Equity Benefits for Storage	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Electric Fleet Presentation & Equity	Christine Holland	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage Under Future Climate Scenarios and Extreme Weather Events	Neal Mann	Argonne National Laboratory
Q&A

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Dinner and Keynote Presentation Perspectives from the Washington State Department of Commerce	Bob Kirchmeier Sr. Grid Modernization Engineer	Washington State University Energy Program

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Session 9: Power Electronics

Session Lead: Stan Atcitty

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Power Electronics	Stan Atcitty	Sandia National Laboratories
Power Electronics for Flow Batteries	Michael Starke	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Reliability of Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics: Devices to Systems	Bob Kaplar	Sandia National Laboratories
Isolated DC-AC Conversion with Bidirectional Semiconductor Devices	Alvaro Cardoza	Sandia National Laboratories
Isolated DC/DC  Converter for Energy Storage with Bi-Directional GaN Devices	Jin Wang	Ohio State University
High Conversion Cell-Level Battery Power Converter	Chris Recio	Mainstream Engineering
Q&A

Session 10: Zinc & Lead Batteries

Session Lead: Tim Lambert

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Overview of Zinc & Lead Batteries	Tim Lambert	Sandia National Laboratories
Material Design to Enable Pb Acid Batteries for Long Duration Energy Storage	Tim Fister	Argonne National Laboratory
Latest Developments in Mild Acidic Zinc Battery at PNNL	Matt Fayette	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Earth Abundant Multivalent Materials for Energy Storage	Stephen Percival	Sandia National Laboratories
Molecular Modeling of Gas and Ion Transport in Alkaline Battery Electrolytes	Amalie Frischknecht	Sandia National Laboratories
Progress with Manufacturing and Deploying Zn|MnO2 Batteries for Grid-Scale Applications	Gautam Yadav	Urban Electric Power
Q&A

Presentation	Presenter	Organization
Closing Remarks	Mo Kamaludeen	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program

Transition to Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) Summit.

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Poster Presentations

Analytics & Tools

Title	Author	Organization
Theoretical Frameworks for Packetized Delivery of Energy	David Wilson	Sandia National Laboratories
Accelerating Deployment of Grid-Connected Energy Storage through Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation and Testing	Niranjan Bhujel	Sandia National Laboratories
Global Energy Storage Database (GESDB): Database Updates and New Features	Andres Lopez-Ramirez	Sandia National Laboratories
Storage Sizing and Placement Tool in Distribution Grids	Ujjwol Tamrakar	Sandia National Laboratories
EverBESS: End of Life Considerations for Stationary Energy Storage Systems	Jakob Elias	Argonne National Laboratory
Multiband Grid-Forming Control	Ryan Elliot	Sandia National Laboratories
Assessing Powerplant Replacement Health Impact Equity with Quest	David Rosewater	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage System Performance and Reliability Modeling	Alasdair Crawford	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
QuESt: Analysis for Regulators	Walker Olis	Sandia National Laboratories
QuESt Planning: Power System Capacity Expansion Planning Tool for Enhanced Energy Storage Analysis	Cody Newlun	Sandia National Laboratories
Grid Planning Toolbox for Enhanced Planning & Operation of Energy Storage Systems	Cody Newlun	Sandia National Laboratories
Synthetic Renewable Data Generation for Grid Reliability Assessment with Energy Storage Systems	Andres Ramirez	Sandia National Laboratories
IEEE P2688 Work Group (WG): Draft Recommended Practice for Energy Storage Management Systems (ESMS) in Grid Applications	David Schoenwald	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Storage Tools @ PNNL	Dexin Wang	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Demonstration Projects

Title	Author	Organization
Analytics for Energy Storage Demonstration Projects	Rodrigo Trevizan	Sandia National Laboratories

Equity & Resilience

Title	Author	Organization
Progress on Tribal Energy Storage Analysis	Rodrigo Trevizan	Sandia National Laboratories

Flow Batteries

Title	Author	Organization
Molecular Engineering of Radialene Catholytes for Redox Flow Battery Applications	Christopher Bejger	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Redox Activity Modulation in Extended Fluorenone-Based Flow Battery Electrolytes with π-π Stacking Effect	Ruozhu Feng	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Evolution of Membrane Development @ SNL	Cy Fujimoto	Sandia National Laboratories
Surfactant Induced Changes on Carbon Black Slurry Electrodes used in Flow Batteries	KangJin Lee	Case Western Reserve University
Design of Cost-Effective, Mechanically Robust Membranes for Sodium Polysulfide Hybrid Redox Flow Battery	Michelle Lehmann	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Influence of Linker Group on Bipolar Redox-Active Molecule (BRM) Performance in Non-Aqueous Flow Batteries	Samantha Macchi	Sandia National Laboratories
Enabling Long Duration Metal Hybrid Redox Flow Batteries	Vincent Tam	Case Western Reserve University
Mediated Lithium-Sulfur Flow Batteries	Michael Urena	Sandia National Laboratories
Optimizing Nonaqueous Sodium-Polysulfide Redox-Flow Batteries: The Role of Solvation Effects with Glyme Solvents	Wenda Wu	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sodium Thiophosphates Catholytes for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Ernesto Camilo Zuleta Suarez	Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Medium and Long Duration Energy Storage

Title	Author	Organization
Metal-Organic Frameworks for Li-S Batteries	Philip Dirlam	San Jose State University
Phosphonate and Phosphonate/Carboxylate-based Ligands for All-Iron Redox Flow Battery: Speciation Studies and the Impact on Electrochemistry	Gabriel Nambafu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
High Entropy Alloys as Bifunctional Catalysts for Metal Air Batteries	Matt Stalcup	Sandia National Laboratories

Power Electronics

Title	Author	Organization
Medium-voltage Power Electronics for Grid-tied Energy Storage Applications	Pengyu Fu	The Ohio State University
Storage Integrated AC-AC Converters	Jonathan Kimball	Missouri University of Science and Technology
Advanced Magnetics for High Frequency Link Converters	Todd Monson	Sandia National Laboratories
Open-Source Software Platform for Modular Power Electronics for Energy Storage Systems	Michael Rios	Sandia National Laboratories
Energy Router-based Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid Coordinated Control and SOC Balancing Strategies	Shushan Qiu	University of Houston
A Technology-Agnostic Plug-n-Play Battery Integration Platform	Oindrilla Dutta	Sandia National Laboratories
Multilevel Converters For Distribution Level Grid Connected Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)	Felipe Palacios II	Sandia National Laboratories
Resilient “Plug-n-Play” Storage Integrated Electricity Solutions for Off-Grid Communities	Joseph Benzaquen	Georgia Institute of Technology
Multiport Multi-directional Modular and Scalable Power Conversion Platform with DC/AC Source/Storage Integration using Wide Bandgap Power Electronics	Trevor Warren	Higher Wire Inc.
Modeling and Control of a Direct-Connect Medium-Voltage Storage System Featuring a Cascaded DC Subsystem	Luciano Garcia Rodriguez	Sandia National Laboratories
Implementation of a Storage System Testbed for Validation of Rack-Scale Thermal Models	Jacob Mueller	Sandia National Laboratories
Exploring Gallium Nitride (GaN) for Next-Generation Grid-Connected Energy Storage Solutions	Lee Gill	Sandia National Laboratories

Regulatory

Title	Author	Organization
Innovative Financing for Energy Storage	Daniel Boff	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Maintaining the Energy Storage Policy Database	Prathit Dave	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tracking Local Moratoria on Battery Energy Storage Systems	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage Reliability Standards Activities	Tyler Slay	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Storage as a Transmission Asset	Jeremy Twitchell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Safety & Reliability

Title	Author	Organization
Li-ion Batteries Thermal Runaway Risk Grading and Prediction	Lianshan Lin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Toward Rack-Scale Heat Transfer in Thermal Runaway Scenarios: Vent Gases and Air Entrainment in Idealized Energy Storage Systems	Michael Meehan	Sandia National Laboratories
Towards Deploying Anomaly Detection Algorithms in Battery Management Systems	Victoria O’Brien	Sandia National Laboratories
Repeatability in Battery Abuse Testing: Sandia and NITE NLAB Collaboration	Andrew Kurzawski	Sandia National Laboratories
Long-Term Cycling and Analysis of 18650 Li-ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity	Sahana Upadhya	UW Madison
Battery Management System Standards	David Rosewater	Sandia National Laboratories
Understanding the Thermal Behavior and Safety of Silicon-Graphite Anodes	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Quantifying Variability from Key Factors in Materials-Scale Battery Safety Testing	Nathan Johnson	Sandia National Laboratories
Development of Temperature Sensitive Paint for Energy Storage System (ESS) Safety	Chanka Ihala Gamaralalage	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Current Energy Storage Roadmap	Christopher Searles	CGS & Associates
Reliability Testing of Lead Acid Battery Modules for Peak Shaving Application	Nimat Shamim	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Safety Hazards Associated with Heat Transfer from Li-ion Battery Thermal Runaway Vent Gases	Ala Qatramez	The University of Memphis
Insight Into Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation By a Calorimetric Approach	Qian Huang	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Impact of Parallelization on Li-ion Battery Module Performance and Degradation	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Leveraging Battery Archive to Evaluate Cycle Life Prediction Methods Across a Variety of Datasets	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories-KESCO MOU Overview	Emily Kowalchuk	Sandia National Laboratories
Large Scale Testing Capability Realized	Emily Kowalchuk	Sandia National Laboratories

Sodium Batteries

Title	Author	Organization
Investigating the Electronic Conductivity of NaSICON Solid Electrolyte	Ethan Lauricella	University of Kentucky
Low Temperature Na-Metal Halide Batteries: Low Cost, Long Cycle Life, and Safe ESS for LDES	Guosheng Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Impact of Additives on Cycle Life of Layered Metal Oxide Cathode in Localized High Concentration Electrolyte	Marcos Lucero	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Advanced Characterization of Sodium Layered Oxide Cathodes	Ahamed-Irshad Maniyanganam	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Deciphering Critical Mechanisms in VRFB and NIB using Advanced Classical Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning (ML) Simulations	Nikhil Rampal	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mitigating Humidity Effects During NaSICON Processing	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories
High-Voltage Electrolyte Design for Sodium-ion Batteries	Chunsheng Wang	University of Maryland, College Park
Design of Materials for Interface Manipulation in Na Batteries	Donghai Wang	Penn State University

Zinc & Lead Batteries

Title	Author	Organization
Zn-Air Batteries for Long-Duration Energy Storage	Ruhul Amin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lattice-Engineering of Strontium Enriched Barite for Enhanced Nucleation in Lead-Acid Batteries	Colin Campbell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Electrochemical Cycling of Zinc in Mildly Acidic, Acetate-Based Electrolytes for Zinc-ion Batteries	Debayon Dutta	The City College of New York
Development of High Capacity Cathodes for Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries	Joshua Gallaway	Northeastern University
Scaling up Inorganic Flow-assisted Long Duration Energy Storage Chemistries Based on Lead, Manganese, and Copper	Zane Grady	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Inhibiting the Formation of Zinc Hydroxy Sulfate for High-Performance Aqueous Zn Battery by Stabilizing the pH of Electrolyte	Wonkwang Lim	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Stabilizing Zn Anodes by Molecular Interface Engineering with Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer	Xingbo Liu	West Virginia University
Flowing Zinc-Air Batteries Enabled by Nickel Sulfoselenide Oxygen Electrocatalysts	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories
Investigating the Mechanism of Calcium Zincate (Ca[Zn(OH)3]2·2H2O) Cycling Performance and Failure for Rechargeable Alkaline Zinc Batteries	Patrick Yang	The City College of New York
A Closer Look at Sulfuric Acid in Lead Acid Batteries	Tiffany Kinnibrugh	Argonne National Laboratory

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