A distributed power system operation and control node privacy and security are attractive research questions that deliver electrical energy systems to the participating stakeholders without being physically connected to the grid system. The increased use of renewable energy in the power grid environment creates serious issues, for example, connectivity, transmission, distribution, control, balancing, and monitoring volatility on both sides. This poses extreme challenges to tackle the entire bidirectional power flow throughout the system. To build distributed monitoring and a secure control operation of node transactions in the real-time system that can manage and execute power exchanging and utilizing, balancing, and maintaining energy power failure. This paper proposed a blockchain Hyperledger Sawtooth enabling a novel and secure distributed energy transmission node in the EPS-ledger network architecture with a robust renewable power infiltration. The paper focuses on a cyber-physical power grid control and monitoring system of renewable energy and protects this distributed network transaction on the blockchain and stores a transparent digital ledger of power. The Hyperledger Sawtooth-enabled architecture allows stakeholders to exchange information related to power operations and control monitoring in a private ledger network architecture and investigate the different activities, preserved in the interplanetary file systems. Furthermore, we design, create, and deploy digital contracts of the cyber–physical energy monitoring system, which allows interaction between participating stakeholders and registration and presents the overall working operations of the proposed architecture through a sequence diagram. The proposed solution delivers integrity, confidentiality, transparency, availability, and control access of the distribution of the power system and maintains an immutable operations and control monitoring ledger by secure blockchain technology.
MnO2 has advantages such as the simple and diverse preparation methods, low cost and high theoretical capacity, but its industrial application is affected by its poor conductivity and fast attenuation of cycle performance. In order to improve its conductivity, battery capacity and performance, MnO2/carbon nanofibers (MnO2/CNFs) are obtained by using electrospinning technology, and the electrochemical performance was confirmed by XRD, SEM, TEM. Confirmed by comparison, the 20% MnO2/CNFs exhibit superior and excellent long cycling performance with a reversible capacity of 835 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 after the 133th cycle and a high initial specific capacity of 1094 mA h g−1 at a current density of 0.1 A g−1. The MnO2/CNFs have notable specific capacities with a coulombic efficiency of 99.5%, which greatly improve the reaction rate. This can also be used as a flexible electrode material because of its good flexibility. Due to the fact that carbon has better electron/ion conductivity, it shows better kinetics.
Manganese dioxide is an ideal anode for sodium-ion batteries due to its rich crystal shapes. However, its low conductivity, low reversible discharge capacity, slow diffusion kinetics, and poor cyclic stability limit its potential for industrial application. The design of manganese dioxide (MnO2) with various morphologies, such as nanowires, nanorods, and nanoflowers, has proven effective in enhancing its electrochemical performance. Stacking nanowire structures is of interest as they increase the open space by forming an interconnected network, thus facilitating favorable diffusion pathways for sodium ions. Concurrently, the substantial increase in the electrolyte contact area efficiently mitigates the strain induced by the volume expansion associated with the repetitive migration and insertion of sodium ions. Based on previous research, this work presents the structural design of flexible MnO2/polyaniline (MnO2/PANI) nanowires assembled on carbon cloth (CC), an innovation in MnO2 modification. Compared to conventional MnO2 nanowires, the MnO2/PANI nanowires exhibit enhanced structural stability and improved dynamic performance, thereby marking a significant advancement in their material properties. This MnO2/PANI composite exhibits a rate capacity of approximately 200 mA h g−1 after 60 cycles at a current density of 0.1 A g−1, and maintains a rate capacity of 182 mA h g−1 even after 200 cycles under the same current density. This study not only provides new insights into the underlying mechanisms governing energy storage in MnO2/PANI nanowires but also paves the way for their further development and optimization as anodes for sodium-ion batteries, thereby opening up fresh avenues for research and application.
13 June 2022 in Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
Lithium-ion batteries are an important part of smartphones, and their performance has a great impact on the life of the phone. The longevity of lithium-ion batteries is key to ensuring their reliability and extending their useful life. This paper built a lithium battery life prediction model and grey model MDGM(1,1) based on data mining. Then, experimental data were selected for testing, and the prediction error reached 10.5 at the minimum. It showed that the prediction model had higher precision and could provide help for the prediction and development of mobile phone battery life.
20 June 2022 in Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Lithium-ion batteries, the core components of electric vehicles, have received unprecedented attention and undergone development in the era of huge energy demand. The traditional clustering algorithm cannot meet the requirement of the consistency of lithium battery distribution. In this study, we provide an improved K-means algorithm to meet the battery distribution needs of enterprises and combine it with reality. This model includes an early data processing model and a battery comparison method based on the new K-means algorithm. In the battery data processing model, the preprocessing process approach and actual production standards preclude problematic batteries. In the battery comparison algorithm, the number of batteries in each cluster becomes equal after the battery comparison. The algorithm can ensure the internal characteristics of lithium-ion power batteries, and, at the same time, after the matching is completed, the number of lithium batteries in each cluster is equal.
15 October 2026 in Journal of Applied Electrochemistry