Yuliya Preger

Chemical Engineer, Battery Reliability

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Chemical Engineer, Battery Reliability

ypreger@sandia.gov

(505) 218-3742

Biography

Yuliya Preger is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Energy Storage Technology and Systems Group at Sandia National Labs. She earned her PhD and BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MIT, respectively. Her current work is centered on the safety and reliability of Li-ion and aqueous batteries for grid-level energy storage applications. Her research interests include battery cell level degradation and abuse response, application of power electronics to energy storage safety, using battery data for improved energy storage modeling, and system level energy storage safety. She is co-founder of batteryarchive.org, the first public repository for easy visualization and comparison of lithium-ion battery degradation data across institutions.

Research Interests

  • Battery cell level degradation and abuse response, including electrochemical, materials, and thermal characterization
  • Application of power electronics to energy storage safety, including optimization of storage/converter interfaces
  • Incorporation of battery data to improve accuracy of energy storage models (e.g. technoeconomic, cybersecurity)
  • System level energy storage safety analysis

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2018
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013

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Publications

  • Kolluri, S., Mittal, P., Subramaniam, A., Preger, Y., De Angelis, V., Ramadesigan, V., Subramanian, V.R., & Subramanian, V.R. (2022). A Tanks-in-Series Approach to Estimate Parameters for Lithium-Ion Battery Models. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169(5). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac6b5d Publication ID: 80722
  • Bates, A.M., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Harrison, K., Harris, S.J., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2022). Are solid-state batteries safer than lithium-ion batteries?. Joule, 6(4), pp. 742-755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.02.007 Publication ID: 80504
  • Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Rauhala, T., Jeevarajan, J., & Jeevarajan, J. (2022). Perspective – On the Safety of Aged Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169(3). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac53cc Publication ID: 80483
  • Bates, A.M., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Harrison, K., Harris, S., Hewson, J., & Hewson, J. (2021). Safety Impacts of Liquid Electrolyte Inclusion in Solid State Batteries [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1899474 Publication ID: 76876
  • Choi, H., De Angelis, V., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Koopman operator based framework for battery energy storage system optimization [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1893295 Publication ID: 76322
  • Wittman, R., Fresquez, A., Chalamala, B.R., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Systematic Long-Term Cycling of 18650 Batteries Beyond 80% Capacity [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1890855 Publication ID: 76042
  • Preger, Y., De Angelis, V., & De Angelis, V. (2021). Battery Archive – A Public Battery Data Repository [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1891747 Publication ID: 76193
  • Wittman, R., Fresquez, A., Chalamala, B.R., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Cycling of Li-ion Batteries Beyond 80% Capacity [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1893288 Publication ID: 76303
  • Wittman, R., Pratt, H., Anderson, T., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Gas Evolution from Mixed-AcidFlow Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1893282 Publication ID: 76304
  • Mueller, J., Preger, Y., Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., & Kurzawski, A. (2021). Dispersion of Stored Energy in Response to Thermal Runaway [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1895021 Publication ID: 76332
  • Kolluri, S., Preger, Y., Subramanian, V., & Subramanian, V. (2021). A Tanks-in-Series Approach to Estimate Parameters for Lithium-ion Battery Models [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1899247 Publication ID: 76336
  • Bates, A.M., Langendorf, J., Lamb, J., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., & Torres-Castro, L. (2021). Thermal Stability of Solid-State Battery Components with Liquid Electrolyte [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1894759 Publication ID: 76463
  • Preger, Y. (2021). A mechanism-based assessment of ?knees? in lithium-ion battery aging trajectories [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1889550 Publication ID: 75927
  • Preger, Y. (2021). Ensuring Safety of Grid-Scale Energy Storage Systems [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1887045 Publication ID: 75603
  • Rosewater, D., Preger, Y., Mueller, J., Atcitty, S., Willard, S., Smith, M., Thompson, J., Long, D., & Long, D. (2021). Electrical Energy Storage Data Submission Guidelines, Version 2. https://doi.org/10.2172/1815349 Publication ID: 79330
  • Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Hewson, J., Shurtz, R., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Investigating the Role of Energy Density in Thermal Runaway of Lithium-Ion Batteries with Accelerating Rate Calorimetry. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 168(6). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0699 Publication ID: 78773
  • Lamb, J., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Battery Safety and Reliability: Tools to understand risk in grid-scale energy storage systems [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1872307 Publication ID: 78767
  • Lamb, J., Shurtz, R., Torres-Castro, L., Hewson, J., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). Evaluating the impact of energy density on thermal runaway [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1869553 Publication ID: 78554
  • De Angelis, V., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2021). BatteryArchive.org ? Insights from a public repository for visualization analysis and comparison of battery data across institutions [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1870370 Publication ID: 78631
  • Preger, Y. (2021). Degradation of Commercial Li-ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1883529 Publication ID: 78182
  • Preger, Y., Fioravanti, R., Kumar, K., Nakata, S., Chalamala, B.R., & Chalamala, B.R. (2021). Predictive Maintenance Practices For Operational Safety of Battery Energy Storage Systems [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1847591 Publication ID: 77252
  • De Angelis, V., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2020). Batteryarchive.org [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1836183 Publication ID: 72234
  • Preger, Y. (2020). A Survey of the Safety of Aged Li-ion Batteries [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1829420 Publication ID: 71544
  • Wittman, R., Preger, Y., Fresquez, A., Taggart, G., Chalamala, B.R., & Chalamala, B.R. (2020). Materials Degradation Trends from Systematic Long-Term Cycling of Commercial Li-Ion Batteries [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1831590 Publication ID: 71576
  • Preger, Y. (2020). Influence of Current Ripple on Battery Degradation [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1832626 Publication ID: 71849
  • Fioravanti, R., Kumar, K., Nakata, S., Chalamala, B.R., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2020). Predictive-Maintenance Practices: For Operational Safety of Battery Energy Storage Systems. IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, 18(6), pp. 86-97. https://doi.org/10.1109/mpe.2020.3014542 Publication ID: 71428
  • Wittman, R., Fresquez, A., Taggart, G., Chalamala, B.R., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2020). Electrochemical and Materials Characterization of Li-ion Cells during Long Term Cycling [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821100 Publication ID: 74883
  • Preger, Y. (2020). Long-term Performance and Safety of Li-ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821101 Publication ID: 74884
  • Preger, Y., Wittman, R., Fresquez, A., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2020). Long-term Performance and Safety of Commercial Li-ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821102 Publication ID: 74885
  • Mittal, P., Kalluri, S., Shah, K., Preger, Y., Subramanian, V., & Subramanian, V. (2020). Parameter Estimation of Li-Ion Battery Models Using a Novel Tanks-In-Series Approach [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821831 Publication ID: 74951
  • Kolluri, S., Mittal, P., Preger, Y., Shah, K., Subramanian, V., & Subramanian, V. (2020). Real-time Parameter Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery Models Using a Novel Tanks-in-Series Approach [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1830953 Publication ID: 71047
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2020). Thermal Analysis to Mitigate Cascading Propagation of Lithium-ion Cell Stacks [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822652 Publication ID: 70996
  • Preger, Y. (2020). System Safety and Reliability [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822302 Publication ID: 70941
  • Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Preger, Y., Hewson, J., Shurtz, R., Langendorf, J., & Langendorf, J. (2020). Accelerating Rate Calorimetry of Large Format Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822287 Publication ID: 70922
  • Preger, Y. (2020). Degradation of Commercial Lithium-ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1770036 Publication ID: 72944
  • Preger, Y. (2020). System Safety and Reliability [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1769589 Publication ID: 72930
  • Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H., Torres-Castro, L., Ivanov, S., Fresquez, A., Langendorf, J., Ferreira, S., Chalamala, B.R., & Chalamala, B.R. (2020). Performance and Safety of Commercial Li-ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1764778 Publication ID: 72421
  • Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H.M., Fresquez, A., Campbell, D., Juba, B., Kustas, J., Ferreira, S., Chalamala, B.R., & Chalamala, B.R. (2020). Degradation of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells as a Function of Chemistry and Cycling Conditions. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167(12). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abae37 Publication ID: 74546
  • Wittman, R., Perry, M.L., Lambert, T., Chalamala, B.R., Preger, Y., & Preger, Y. (2020). Perspective – On the Need for Reliability and Safety Studies of Grid-Scale Aqueous Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167(9). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab9406 Publication ID: 73554
  • Shurtz, R., Kurzawski, A., Hewson, J., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2019). Evaluating Safety Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems Through Cascading Thermal Runaway Experiments and Modeling [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1643422 Publication ID: 66820
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Degradation of Commercial Lithium-ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1646309 Publication ID: 66418
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Rigorous Approaches to Quantifying Cell Failure to Enable Large-Scale Failure Modeling – Materials Mechanics and Electrochemistry [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642778 Publication ID: 65551
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Degradation of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642840 Publication ID: 65678
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Safety and Performance of Commercial Li-ion Cells [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645993 Publication ID: 65035
  • Hewson, J., Kurzawski, A., Shurtz, R., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2019). Predicting and Mitigating Cascading Failure in Stacks of Lithium-Ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1668920 Publication ID: 65251
  • Barkholtz, H., Preger, Y., Ivanov, S., Langendorf, J., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2019). Multi-scale thermal stability study of commercial lithium-ion batteries as a function of chemistry and state-of-charge [Presentation]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.226777 Publication ID: 64990
  • Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H., Fresquez, A., Ferreira, S., Chalamala, B.R., & Chalamala, B.R. (2019). Durability and Reliability of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells as a Function of Chemistry and Cycling Conditions [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645961 Publication ID: 64989
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Battery Components Testing [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645395 Publication ID: 69081
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Durability and Reliability of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells as a Function of Chemistry and Cycling Conditions [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640118 Publication ID: 68696
  • Ferreira, S., Barkholtz, H., Preger, Y., Langendorf, J., Torres-Castro, L., Chalamala, B.R., Lamb, J., & Lamb, J. (2019). Thermal stability study of commercial lithium-ion batteries as a function of cathode chemistry and state-of-charge [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640189 Publication ID: 68803
  • Shurtz, R., Kurzawski, A., Torres-Castro, L., Preger, Y., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2019). Approaches and Considerations for Thermal Abuse Studies of Lithium-Ion Batteries [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645316 Publication ID: 68808
  • Preger, Y. (2019). Comprehensive Study of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cell Aging Behavior and Abuse Response [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1639266 Publication ID: 67274
  • Shurtz, R., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Hewson, J., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2019). From calorimetry measurements to furthering mechanistic understanding and control of thermal abuse in lithium-ion cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166(12), pp. A2498-A2502. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0341912jes Publication ID: 69639
  • Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H., Fresquez, A., Mier, F.A., Torres-Castro, L., Langendorf, J., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2018). Comprehensive Study of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cell Aging Behavior and Abuse Response [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1593044 Publication ID: 59826
  • Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H., Fresquez, A., Mier, F., Chalamala, B.R., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2018). Aging Behavior and Abuse Response of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells as a Function of Chemistry and Cycling Conditions [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1592264 Publication ID: 59061
  • Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H., Ferreira, S., & Ferreira, S. (2018). Evaluating Risks in Stationary Storage [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1806810 Publication ID: 59152
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Patents & Trademarks

“Flow-Based Anode for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of a Fuel or Other Reductant.” Stahl, S.S.; Root, T. W.; Preger, Y.; Anson, C.W.; Gerken, J. B. US2018/0358642A1

“Flow-Based Cathode with Non-Platinum Transition Metal Redox Catalyst.” Stahl, S.S.; Root, T.W.; Biswas, S.; Preger, Y.; Anson, C.W. US2019/0131650A1