Repsol Technology Centre

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HISTORY · the present

With the objective of adding value and knowledege to meet secure,

sustainable and competitive energy supply.

More than 400 researchers

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Repsol Technology Centre

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REFINING 28%

PETROCHEMISTRY 26%

UPSTREAM 30%

NEW ENERGIES

16%

2014 New energies

Biotechnology CO2 conversion Electric vehicles

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Repsol R&D regarding electrification

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Battery, charging stations and vehicle

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Future perspectives of the electric vehicle II

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Drivers of transport

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Consumption and CO2 emissions Cost

Performance

Security of supply

Safety

Alternative energy

Maximum impact

Local pollutants

Driving assistance

Conectivity

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Batteries technologies III

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Li-ion cost evolution

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Source: Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles. Björn Nykvist y Mans Nilsson. Nature Climate Change, 2015.

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Energy storage technologies

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Source: Li–O2 and Li–S batteries with high energy storage, Peter G. Bruce, Stefan A. Freunberger, Laurence J. Hardwick and Jean-Marie Tarascon. Nature materials, december 2011.

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Batteries technologies and Mathematics IV

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Multiscale battery simulation platform

Battery system

Battery pack

Mesoscale

Nanoscale

Microscale

Cell

• Bottom-up model development. • Physics-based degradation mechanisms. • Experimental-based model parameter identification. • Life-cycle optimization of:

• Geometrical properties. • Thermal management. • Charging & operation protocols.

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Challenges

Radically different scales in space and time.

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Applications

• Detailed understanding of electro-chemical mechanisms.

• Theorize new compounds with better performance. • Material screening.

• Calculate effective properties in porous media. • Identify bottlenecks at cell scale. • Optimization of cell geometry. • Lifecycle predictions.

• Charging protocol optimization. • Battery Management System (BMS) sizing. • Real time BMS operation.

Ab initio / Early development

Engineering models / Commercial

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