A Comprehensive Review on Energy Storage System Optimal Planning and Benefit Evaluation Methods in Smart Grids

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper overviews energy storage system planning problem. Challenges brought by renewables are first summarized, and the energy storage technologies are classified. Optimization methods are then analyzed.

 

The paper is overall in a good shape. 

The conclusion in the abstract that "heuristic optimization is the main method" seems a little rash and not convincing to me.

Page 6: the thermal energy storage may be considered to be extended to a more general type. Integrated energy system provides flexibilities via storage-like effects from the heating network and the gas network. You may refer to relevant existing research to address this, such as 10.1109/TSG.2022.3210014 or 10.1109/tsg.2017.2663380. But the discretion is completely left up to you and please do judge by yourself.

Thermal storage is not listed in Table 3.
I am not clear what is the difference in technical aspect and challenges of three scenarios of storage deployment, i.e., in grid side, new energy side, and user side.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Manuscript ID: sustainability-2405145

Title: "A Comprehensive Review on Energy Storage System Optimal Planning and Benefit Evaluation Methods in Smart Grid"

I admire the author's efforts in preparing this work and thank them for submitting this paper to the Sustainability journal (ISSN 2071-1050). This paper seems to be an interesting concept. Nevertheless, this work requires further modifications as listed below:

1- The paper needs language proof. The authors should carefully and thoroughly check the paper, and correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes in the final version. The use of Grammarly software is also recommended.

2- This article is a review article. The authors in review article must comprehensively examine the subject under discussion. The authors should use newer and more appropriate references. I think it's better for authors to look at more and newer articles (2018-2023).

3- Not even one direction for future research is provided. There should be at least 6-10 solid directions for future research. For example, I recommend the following articles:

[1]. Optimal planning of distributed generation and battery energy storage systems simultaneously in distribution networks for loss reduction and reliability improvement

[2]. Impacts of Energy Storage Facilities on Resilient Operation of Multi-Carrier Energy Hub Systems

[3]. Optimal planning of renewable integrated rural microgrid for sustainable energy supply

[4]. Optimal Operation of Distributed Flexible Generation Sources Incorporating VPP Framework in Market Environment Considering Uncertainties

[5]. Optimal planning and investment benefit analysis of shared energy storage for electricity retailers

[6]. A Resilience-Oriented Decision-Making Model for the Operation of Smart Microgrids Subject to Techno-Economic and Security Objectives

[7]. Optimal planning for electricity-hydrogen integrated energy system considering power to hydrogen and heat and seasonal storage

[8]. Optimal Energy Scheduling for a Microgrid Encompassing DRRs and Energy Hub Paradigm Subject to Alleviate Emission and Operational Costs

[9]. Optimal planning of renewable energy-integrated distribution system considering uncertainties

4- The major challenges and solutions provided for them should be discussed in the reference articles and highlighted in the figure or chart.

5- It is recommended to improve the quality of the figures. You can use the Visio software for drawing these figures.

6- The results and review achievements of this article are not well-bolded. This section of this paper needs to reinforce.

7- Journal instructions should be followed.

The final evaluation will proceed after performing the requested revisions.

 

Yours sincerely,

The paper needs language proof. The authors should carefully and thoroughly check the paper, and correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes in the final version. The use of Grammarly software is also recommended.

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Reviewer 3 Report

Overall, this review paper is good and could be published after the revision. However, three critical points need to be seriously considered. First, the main contribution of the paper is not very clear. It is better to add a paragraph to illustrate the main differences between this review paper and many existing review papers about ESS for smart grids. Second, many distributed control methods of ESS for ensuring high efficiency, stability, and high reliability in smart grids are not discussed (which is an important part of multiple ESS being installed in smart grids). You may consider including the following references and make some comments in the Introduction (e.g., [1] Y. Jiang, Y. Yang, S. -C. Tan and S. -Y. R. Hui, "Distribution Power Loss Minimization of Energy Storage Systems in DC Microgrids Under FDI Attacks," 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9947585. [2] Y. Yang, S. -C. Tan and S. Y. R. Hui, "State-of-Charge Balance Control of Distributed Battery Systems with Distinct State-of-Health in DC Microgrids," 2021 IEEE/IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia (I&CPS Asia), Chengdu, China, 2021, pp. 140-144, doi: 10.1109/ICPSAsia52756.2021.9621493. [3] Y. Jiang, Y. Yang, S. -C. Tan and S. Y. R. Hui, "Dual-Ascent Hierarchical Control-Based Distribution Power Loss Reduction of Parallel-Connected Distributed Energy Storage Systems in DC Microgrids," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 137-146, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2022.3189577.). Third, many AI-based technologies have been proposed to identify the status of ESS, which are also important for ESS in smart grids. It is necessary to include an additional sector to discuss the advantages of using AI-assisted technologies for ESS. Fourth, temperature regulations is also an important factor. You may briefly discuss the potential thermal models, thermal regulations, and cooling technologies for ESS in smart grids. You may refer to the electrical-thermal battery model in H. -W. R. Liang, Y. Yang and S. Y. R. Hui, "Improvement of Lithium-Ion Battery Charging From the State-of-the-Art Industrial JEITA Guidelines to a Hybrid Temperature-Regulated Current Control," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 6412-6423, June 2022, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3133605. 

 

There are many grammar errors in the paper. I think the authors should revise the paper carefully.

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Reviewer 4 Report

This is a good piece of work.  It is a well organized paper with clear message, description and analysis. I appreciate the authors for this review paper. I found only one mistyping; in Fig. 1; "Electromagneticl" must be "Electromagnetic"

 

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper has been improved and all my concerns are addressed.

Reviewer 3 Report

The authors have addressed all my concerns. The only flaw in the revised paper is that the topic is too wide so one or two focal points can be easily found in the paper. The authors may consider one critical point to investigate and prospect in future work.

Some minor grammar errors can be found in the paper.