Digital twin outlook for all-vanadium redox flow batteries

doi:10.7523/j.ucas.2025.012

Abstract

Abstract: Redox flow batteries have gained wide attention at home and abroad as a long-duration energy storage technology with the advantages of high safety, long lifespan, mutual independence of capacity and power, and easy recycling. However, the current battery management technology faces significant challenges, and there is room for development. Digital twin (DT), as a technology that collectively senses, evaluates, predicts, and optimizes characteristics, is promising to contribute to redox flow batteries’ operation, maintenance, and management. This paper begins with a brief description of redox flow batteries, followed by a short explanation of the concept and application of DTs. DTs have already made some progress in the field of batteries, and can be applied to solve the problems of redox flow batteries in terms of thermal management and system optimization. Finally, the paper analyzes the combination of redox flow battery and DT architecture, which is expected to contribute to developing DT technology for redox flow batteries.

Key words: redox flow battery, digital twin, battery management system

CLC Number:

TQ028

WANG Erqiang, SANG Tengteng. Digital twin outlook for all-vanadium redox flow batteries[J]. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2025, 42(5): 577-588.

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