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The proper operation of aged batteries is essential to improve the reliability and performance of grid-connected battery energy storage systems (BESS). In this letter, we investigate on the phenomenon that removing certain battery cells within an aged battery pack, may lead to increasing the effective capacity of the BESS, because those cells with reduced capacity become the limiting factor for the overall BESS operation, while the remaining capacity of some other cells is not used. We optimize the process of identifying which battery cells from a grid-tied BESS should be removed in order to improve the overall BESS performance for smart grid applications. The experimental hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of a grid-integrated BESS with aged cells is used to validate the developed models and show the increase in the effective capacity once the identified cells are removed. We also perform case studies to assess the impact of cell removal on the operation of an aged BESS in a peak demand shaving smart grid application.
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