2024 Peer Review Agenda

Please note that this is a tentative schedule and may be subject to change.

Monday, August 5, 2024

7:00 – 8:00am

Registration

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization
8:00 – 8:15am	Welcome Remarks	Eric Hsieh	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
8:15 – 8:30am	Welcome Remarks	Amy Halloran	Sandia National Laboratories
8:30 – 8:45am	Welcome Remarks	Charles Hanley	Sandia National Laboratories
8:45 – 8:55am	Introduction	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories

8:55 – 9:45am

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

9:45 – 10:00am

Break

Session 1: Demonstration Projects

Session Lead: Waylon Clark

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
10:00 – 10:10am	TBD	Waylon Clark	Sandia National Laboratories	100
10:10 – 10:25am	Clean Energy Fund (CEF) Deployment Projects	Jeremy Berke	Washington State Department of Commerce	101
10:25 – 10:40am	Energy Storage for Social Equity (ES4SE) Deployment Projects Review	Henry Guan	Sandia National Laboratories	102
10:40 – 10:55am	Lessons Learned in Deployment Projects Data Collection	Tim Wilcox	Sandia National Laboratories	103
10:55 – 11:10am	California Energy Commission / Sandia CRADA Overview	Ramesh Koripella	Sandia National Laboratories	104
11:10 – 11:25am	Sandia Codes & Standards Development Work	Charlie Vartanian Michael Ropp	IEEE Sandia National Laboratories	105
11:25 – 11:35am	Q&A

11:35am – 12:35pm

Lunch

Session 2: Medium and Long Duration Energy Storage 

Session Lead: Imre Gyuk

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
12:35 – 12:50pm	TBD	Imre Gyuk	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program	200
12:50 – 1:05pm	Soluble Iron Complexes for Redox Flow Batteries	Aaron Hollas	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	201
1:05 – 1:20pm	Freeze-Thaw Batteries Based on Low-Cost Phase Change Materials for Seasonal Energy Storage	Mark Weller	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	202
1:20 – 1:35pm	sCO2-based Thermo-Mechanical Energy Storage	Manas Pathak	EarthEN	203
1:35 – 1:50pm	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	204
1:50 – 2:05pm	Progress Report on Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES)	Howard Trott	Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES)	205
2:05 – 2:15pm	Q&A

2:15 – 2:30pm

Break

Session 3: Flow Batteries

Session Lead: Mali Balasubramanian

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
2:30 – 2:45pm	TBD	Mali Balasubramanian	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	300
2:45 – 3:00pm	Cost-effective, Non-PFAS Ion-selective Membranes for Next-Generation Alkali Metal Redox-flow Batteries	Guang Yang	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	301
3:00 – 3:15pm	Long-Lifetime Hydroxyphenazine Derivatives for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries	Aaron Hollas	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	302
3:15 – 3:30pm	Modulating Solvation Structure in Concentrated Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Electrolyte for Solubility and Transport Enhancement via Polycomplex Ion	Hyung-Seok Lim	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	303
3:30 – 3:45pm	Performance of Benzophenone Negolytes in Nonaqueous Environments	Sandip Maurya	Los Alamos National Laboratory	304
3:45 – 4:00pm	Flow Battery Research at Sandia	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories	305
4:00 – 4:10pm	Q&A

Session 4: Regulatory

Session Lead: Will McNamara

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
4:10 – 4:25pm	Policy Support for State Regulatory Commissions	Will McNamara	Sandia National Laboratories	400
4:25 – 4:40pm	Regulatory Research and Storage as Transmission	Jeremy Twitchell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	401
4:40 – 4:55pm	Best Practices in State Energy Storage and Equity	Todd Olinsky-Paul	Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA)	402
4:55 – 5:10pm	Innovative Financing for Energy Storage	Dan Boff	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	403
5:10 – 5:25pm	Tracking Local Moratoria and Other Key Considerations for Battery Energy Storage Siting	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	404
5:25 – 5:40pm	Cybersecurity of Battery Energy Storage Systems	Victoria O’Brien	Sandia National Laboratories	405
5:40 – 5:50pm	Q&A
5:50 – 6:00pm	Sponsorship Remarks	Jeff Reeves	The Flow Battery Industry Group, a part of BCI

6:00 – 8:00pm

Poster Session/Reception

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

7:00 – 8:00am

Registration

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization
8:00 – 8:10am	Welcome Remarks	Imre Gyuk	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program
8:10 – 8:50am	Keynote Presentation Role of Energy Store in PSE’s Resource Planning	Craig Pospisil	Puget Sound Energy

Session 5: Analytics & Tools

Session Lead: Patrick Balducci

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
8:50 – 9:05am	Storage Innovations Framework Study	Patrick Balducci	Argonne National Laboratory	500
9:05 – 9:20am	Impact of the Megapack Battery Cycle Life by Different Balancing Strategies	Srikanth Allu	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	501
9:20 – 9:35am	Sandia Energy Storage Analytics	Tu Nguyen	Sandia National Laboratories	502
9:35 – 9:50am	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	503
9:50 – 10:05am	Advanced Energy Storage Planning for a Decarbonized and Resilient Grid	Konstantinos Oikonomou	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	504
10:05 – 10:20am	Energy Storage Valuation and Control Methods and Tools	Di Wu	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	505
10:20 – 10:30am	Q&A

10:30 – 10:45am

Break

Session 6: Sodium Batteries

Session Lead:  Xiaolin Li

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
10:45 – 11:00am	TBD	Xiaolin Li	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	600
11:00 – 11:15am	Sodium Polysulfide and Thiophosphate Catholytes for Redox Flow Batteries	Ethan Self	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	601
11:15 – 11:30am	Na-ion battery Development	Fred Omenya	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	602
11:30 – 11:45am	Low Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries	Leo Small	Sandia National Laboratories	603
11:45am – 12:00pm	Multi-scale Analysis of Sodium-ion Safety in Commercial Cells	Alex Bates	Sandia National Laboratories	604
12:00 – 12:15pm	Process R&D for Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials Manufacturing	Ronnie Tao	Argonne National Laboratory	605
12:15 – 12:25pm	Q&A

12:25 – 1:25pm

Lunch

Session 7: Safety & Reliability

Session Lead:  Loraine Torres-Castro

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
1:25 – 1:40pm	TBD	Loraine Torres-Castro	Sandia National Laboratories	700
1:40 – 1:55pm	Thermal Runaway Studies: Development of Coatings for Over-Temperature Warning and Database of Hazards Risk Ranking	Chanaka Ihala Gamaralalage	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	701
1:55 – 2:10pm	ESS Safety; IntelliVent Explosion Control Installation Updates	Matt Paiss	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	702
2:10 – 2:25pm	Commercial Single Cell Testing Update under Grid Cycles	Daiwon Choi	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	703
2:25 – 2:40pm	Toward Understanding the Role of Cell Venting in Module-to-Module Propagation	John Hewson	Sandia National Laboratories	704
2:40 – 2:55pm	Impact of Aging on the Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries	Yuliya Preger	Sandia National Laboratories	705
2:55 – 3:05pm	Q&A

3:05 – 3:20pm

Break

Session 8: Equity & Resilience

Session Lead:  Diane Baldwin

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
3:20 – 3:35pm	TBD	Diane Baldwin	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	800
3:35 – 3:50pm	TBD	Jared Deluccia	Maryland Public Service Commission	801
3:50 – 4:05pm	TBD	Michigan Regulator	Michigan	802
4:05 – 4:20pm	Quantifying equity benefits for storage	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	803
4:20 – 4:35pm	Electric Fleet Presentation & Equity	Christine Holland	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	804
4:35 – 4:50pm	The Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage under Future Climate Scenarios and Extreme Weather Events	Neal Mann	Argonne National Laboratory	805
4:50 – 5:00pm	Q&A

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization
5:30 – 7:30pm	Dinner and Keynote Presentation Perspectives from the Washington State Dept of Commerce	Michael Fong	Washington Department of Commerce

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

7:00 – 8:00am

Registration

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization
8:00 – 8:10am	Welcome Remarks	Caitlin Callaghan	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program

Session 9: Power Electronics

Session Lead: Stan Atcitty

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
8:10 – 8:25am	TBD	Stan Atcitty	Sandia National Laboratories	900
8:25 – 8:40am	Power Electronics for Flow Batteries	Michael Starke	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	901
8:40 – 8:55am	Reliability of Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics: Devices to Systems	Bob Kaplar	Sandia National Laboratories	902
8:55 – 9:10am	Isolated DC-AC Conversion with Bidirectional Semiconductor Devices	Alvaro Cardoza	Sandia National Laboratories	903
9:10 – 9:25am	Isolated DC/DC  Converter for Energy Storage with Bi-Directional GaN Devices	Jin Wang	Ohio State University	904
9:25 – 9:40am	High Conversion Cell-Level Battery Power Converter	Chris Recio	Mainstream Engineering	905
9:40 – 9:50am	Q&A

9:50 – 10:05am

Break

Session 10: Zinc & Lead Batteries

Session Lead: Tim Lambert

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization	Session ID
10:05 – 10:20am	TBD	Tim Lambert	Sandia National Laboratories	1000
10:20 – 10:35am	Material Design to Enable Pb Acid Batteries for Long Duration Energy Storage	Tim Fister	Argonne National Laboratory	1001
10:35 – 10:50am	Latest Developments in Mild Acidic Zinc Battery at PNNL	Matt Fayette	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	1002
10:50 – 11:05am	Earth Abundant Multivalent Materials for Energy Storage	Stephen Percival	Sandia National Laboratories	1003
11:05 – 11:20am	Molecular Modeling of Gas and Ion Transport in Alkaline Battery Electrolytes	Amalie Frischknecht	Sandia National Laboratories	1004
11:20 – 11:35am	Progress with Manufacturing and Deploying Zn|MnO2 Batteries for Grid-Scale Applications	Gautam Yadav	Urban Electric Power	1005
11:35 – 11:45am	Q&A

Time	Presentation	Presenter	Organization
11:45am – 12:00pm	Closing Remarks	Mo Kamaludeen	U.S. DOE Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program

12:00 – 1:00pm

Lunch Transition to Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) Summit. Note: The ESGC Summit has a separate registration process and fee.

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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

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
Influence of Linker Group on Bipolar Redox-Active Molecule (BRM) Performance in Non-Aqueous Flow Batteries	Samantha Macchi	Sandia National Laboratories
Surfactant Induced Changes on Carbon Black Slurry Electrodes used in Flow Batteries	KangJin Lee	Case Western Reserve University
Mediated Lithium-Sulfur Flow Batteries	Michael Urena	Sandia National Laboratories
The Evolution of Membrane Development @ SNL	Cy Fujimoto	Sandia National Laboratories
Design of Cost-Effective, Mechanically Robust Membranes for Sodium Polysulfide Hybrid Redox Flow Battery	Michelle Lehmann	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Enabling Long Duration Metal Hybrid Redox Flow Batteries	Vincent Tam	Case Western Reserve University
Redox Activity Modulation in Extended Fluorenone-Based Flow Battery Electrolytes with π-π Stacking Effect	Ruozhu Feng	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Policy

Title	Author	Organization
Tracking Local Moratoria on Battery Energy Storage Systems	Devyn Powell	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Innovative Financing for Energy Storage	Daniel Boff	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Power Electronics

Title	Author	Organization
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

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	Christopher Searles
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

Sodium Batteries

Title	Author	Organization
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
Investigating the Electronic Conductivity of NaSICON Solid Electrolyte	Ethan Lauricella	University of Kentucky
Design of Materials for Interface Manipulation in Na Batteries	Donghai Wang	Penn State University

Zinc & Lead Batteries

Title	Author	Organization
Stabilizing Zn Anodes by Molecular Interface Engineering with Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer	Xingbo Liu	West Virginia University
Zn-Air Batteries for Long-Duration Energy Storage	Ruhul Amin	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Flowing Zinc-Air Batteries Enabled by Nickel Sulfoselenide Oxygen Electrocatalysts	Bryan Wygant	Sandia National Laboratories

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