VOLTAGE-BIASED CONTROLLER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISCHARGE OF HETEROGENEOUS BATTERY PACKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220344959A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17241515

    申请日:2021-04-27

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    摘要: A controller, a system including such a controller, and a method for controlling discharging of a plurality of battery packs are provided. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps to determining a voltage distribution parameter of each battery pack based on its maximum voltage, its minimum voltage for discharge, and a present voltage, and calculate a respective discharging share of each battery pack based on the voltage distribution parameter and the maximum total rated power of each battery pack. The controller provides signals with instructions to the plurality of battery packs and/or the one or more power converters for discharging power from the plurality of battery packs based on the respective discharging share and power of each battery pack and/or keeping a certain battery pack idle.

    VOLTAGE GRADIENT-BIASED CONTROLLER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISCHARGE OF HETEROGENEOUS BATTERY PACKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220368150A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17241528

    申请日:2021-04-27

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    摘要: A controller, a system including such a controller, and a method for controlling discharging of a plurality of battery packs are provided. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps to minimize a corresponding voltage gradient versus charge of each battery pack to be below a predetermined threshold, and calculate a respective discharging share of each battery pack based on the charge and the voltage in an updated curve of voltage versus charge of each battery pack and the total power demand. The controller provides signals with instructions to the plurality of battery packs and/or the one or more power converters for discharging power from the plurality of battery packs based on the respective discharging share of each battery pack and/or keeping a certain battery pack idle.

    BATTERY MANAGEMENT UNIT, ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220302724A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17202877

    申请日:2021-03-16

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    摘要: A battery power management unit (BPMU), an electrical energy storage system comprising one or more such BPMUs, and method of using the same are provided. Such a BPMU includes a microcontroller and one or more processors having at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs. The BPMU is configured to perform steps of: reading data from the internal BMU of a respective battery pack to establish capacity, an energy baseline, state of health (SOH), and an initial value of state of charge (SOC) of the respective battery pack, checking voltage and current at a time interval, calculating power of the respective battery pack, determining and updating battery date such as SOH and SOC, and transmitting updated battery data to a system controller for controlling discharging power from or charging power to the respective battery pack.