53 results about "Battery storage system" patented technology

The invention relates to a portable, skid mounted, wheeled and / or collapsible hybrid-power lighting and energy management system for harsh, remote and / or high latitude locations. The system combines an internal combustion engine (ICE) power source with a control system for providing power to light system. The system may also include a battery storage system, an ICE heating system and / or renewable solar and / or wind power systems in a manner that improves efficiency and reliability of operation in such locations, while preserving and improving functionality of operation and significantly reducing operator interaction during set-up and operation.

A battery storage system includes: a plurality of battery modules that are electrically connected in series and in parallel, each comprising a plurality of battery cells; a plurality of sensors provided to each of the plurality of battery modules, that output at least signals corresponding to voltage and current of the each of the battery modules; a plurality of first control devices each of which is provided to the each of the plurality of battery modules, and obtains a power that can be inputted and outputted to and from the each of the battery modules based upon the voltage and current obtained from the output signals of the sensors of the each of the battery modules; and a second control device that performs overall control of the plurality of first control devices, and if a fault of a sensor in any one of the plurality of battery modules has occurred, the second control device obtains a total power that can be inputted and outputted to and from the all of the battery modules, based upon powers each of which can be inputted and outputted to and from each of other battery modules than a battery module in which the sensor has detected the fault, and outputs information of the total power.

A system and method are provided. The system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive power related data relating to power usage of power consuming devices at a customer site from a plurality of sources. The processor is further configured to generate object function inputs from the power related data. The processor is additionally configured to apply the generated object function inputs to an objective function to determine an optimal capacity for a battery storage system powering the power consuming devices at the customer site while minimizing a daily operational power cost for the power consuming devices at the customer site. The processor is also configured to initiate an act to control use of one or more batteries of the battery storage system in accordance with the optimal capacity for the battery storage system.

The Hybrid MHD-FSU (Field Sanitation Unit) innovation is a self-contained sewage treatment plant that fully converts sewage / wastewater into (1) solid organic material, (2) potable, pathogen-free drinking water, and (3) generates electricity. At a high level, the system consists of four main components: (1) Mixer, (2) MHD Reactor, (3) Filter, and (4) Turbine. The innovation presents a stand-alone compact configuration of typical wastewater treatment components (equalization & mixing, process treatment, filtration) that are combined with the customized MHD reactor to perform the waste treatment / water recovery processing. The Hybrid magnetohydrodynamo (MHD) Field Sanitation Unit has the ability (1) to recover an organic material (2) to recover a pathogen free, clean potable drinking water, and (3) to generate electricity using wastewater as the conductive medium. The invention also relates a core heating microwave source coupled to an outer rigid mantle boundary that compose an MHD electrode pair. The invention assemblies are generally configured of three components: (a) magnetron, waveguide & a launch assembly; (b) the perovskite ceramic components; and (c) the conductive wastewater sludge fluid but more specifically the MHD assemblies are described herein in detail. FIG. 1 illustrates a general process flow of the invention. The main components of the invention are composed of the following: (1) the clean water supply feed, (2) the influent raw wastewater (3) the mixer, (4) the MHD reactor chamber, (5) the storage tank for clean water, (6) the filtration system producing potable water, (7) the storage bin for solids & organic material (8) hydro-turbine (9) the potable drinking water storage, (10b) the battery storage system with power conditioning subsystem.

A small, easily transportable wind turbine system has a square rail base secured to the ground by stakes and by its own weight. Slanted vertical legs connect a smaller square upper support perimeter to the base. A three-section telescoping mast is attached to the base and to the upper support. Winches and guy wires raise the second mast. As the second mast is raised, static guy wires raise the third mast. A wind generating turbine is attached to the top of the third mast. A controller senses the maximum output of the turbine and raises or lowers the height of the masts such that the minimum wind speed necessary to produce the maximum electric output is produced. The controller also feeds energy to a battery storage system and directly to a utility panel.

A modeling framework performs an economic analysis of a battery storage system to determine the economic feasibility with different business opportunities. The installed battery system can be utilized to optimize the energy flow between the wind farm and the utility. Several factors can be considered when performing the analysis, the most important being, how to determine the best optimal time to charge and discharge the battery to maximize economic benefit.

An electrical storage system with a plurality of rechargeable battery storage system racks (10) containing rechargeable batteries (140) and a circuit block (40) in a storage main unit (12) wherein each of storage main units (12) of the rechargeable battery storage system racks (10) has a fire resistant insulating plate material provided on an inner side of a wall surface that contacts at outer wall surface of another rechargeable battery storage system rack (10). With an electrical storage system (250) where rechargeable battery storage system racks (10) are arranged in two rows, the storage main unit (12) of each rechargeable battery storage system rack (10) has a fire resistant insulating material plate (160), (162), (164) provided on the inner side of the left wall surface, right wall surface, and back wall surface.

The invention relates to a portable, skid mounted, wheeled and / or collapsible hybrid-power lighting and energy management system for harsh, remote and / or high latitude locations. The system combines an internal combustion engine (ICE) power source with a direct current power generator and a battery storage system for providing power to light system. The system may also include an ICE heating system and / or renewable solar and / or wind power systems in a manner that improves efficiency and reliability of operation in such locations, while preserving and improving functionality of operation and significantly reducing operator interaction during set-up and operation.

A hybrid ultracapacitor-battery energy storage system is integrated with a photovoltaic system to help solve fluctuations. A fuzzy-logic-based adaptive power management system enables optimization of the power / energy distributions and a filter-based power coordination layer serving as a rudimentary step for power coordination among the hybrid storage system and a fuzzy-logic-based control adjustment layer that keeps monitoring the operation status of all the energy storage devices, taking into account their dynamic characteristics, and fine-tuning the control settings adaptively.

The present invention relates to a protected and portable battery storage system and method of use. One embodiment relates a portable battery storage system, including a plurality of batteries and a plurality of sealed pouches. The batteries are shaped in a coin or disc configuration. The sealed pouches are interconnected to one another in a strip configuration. The batteries are positioned within a non-conductive internal region of each sealed pouch that protects them from damage and incidental short-circuiting. The non-conductive internal regions of the sealed pouches are sealed air-tight from the exterior via a lamination closure. The sealed pouches further include an individual opening system to allow a user to open a single sealed pouch for removal of the corresponding battery. One particular opening system includes a notch to facilitate hand-tearing of the sealed pouch. An alternative opening system includes utilizing a resealable opening system such as a ZIPLOC closure. A second embodiment of the present invention relates to dimensionally reducing a battery storage system by rolling or folding a plurality of sealed pouches coupled together in a strip configuration.

A small, easily transportable wind turbine system has a square rail base secured to the ground by stakes and by its own weight. Slanted vertical legs connect a smaller square upper support perimeter to the base. A three-section telescoping mast is attached to the base and to the upper support. Winches and guy wires raise the second mast. As the second mast is raised, static guy wires raise the third mast. A wind generating turbine is attached to the top of the third mast. A controller senses the maximum output of the turbine and raises or lowers the height of the masts such that the minimum wind speed necessary to produce the maximum electric output is produced. The controller also feeds energy to a battery storage system and directly to a utility panel.

A battery tube storage system (10) includes a first container (12) having a first light transmitting, rigid shell (14) including a first color, such as green, that defines a plurality of tubes (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D) dimensioned to receive and secure cylindrical shaped batteries (24). A first latch-lock (26) secures a top (22) to an entry-end (20) of the first shell (14). A similar second shell (32) is made of or includes a second color that is distinct from the first color, such as red. The first shell (14) can be detachably secured to the second shell (32) so that the battery storage system (10) may be used to carry varying numbers of batteries (24) depending upon the needs of a user, and by the distinct colors, a user can quickly distinguish between used and unused batteries (24).

A battery storage system includes: a plurality of battery modules that are electrically connected in series and in parallel, each comprising a plurality of battery cells; a plurality of sensors provided to each of the plurality of battery modules, that output at least signals corresponding to voltage and current of the each of the battery modules; a plurality of first control devices each of which is provided to the each of the plurality of battery modules, and obtains a power that can be inputted and outputted to and from the each of the battery modules based upon the voltage and current obtained from the output signals of the sensors of the each of the battery modules; and a second control device that performs overall control of the plurality of first control devices, and if a fault of a sensor in any one of the plurality of battery modules has occurred, the second control device obtains a total power that can be inputted and outputted to and from the all of the battery modules, based upon powers each of which can be inputted and outputted to and from each of other battery modules than a battery module in which the sensor has detected the fault, and outputs information of the total power.

A machine for transferring power and producing electricity in a jet engine. with a ring connecting the tips of the compressor and turbine blades containing embedded high energy magnets, a set of coils for each rotating stage of the engine in the outer engine case, a power transfer and distribution system, a control system to regulate the engine and energy distribution, a ultracapacitor and efficient battery storage system, a set of magnetic bearings for each rotating stage, and a cooling system for the first couple turbine stages to keep the magnets from melting.

The invention relates to relates to the technology of urban rail transit energy storage and specifically to a dynamic adjustment control method of discharge threshold for an urban rail transit batterystorage system based on energy transfer. The method of the invention comprises following steps: a control system of a battery energy storage system is communicated with a battery a manage system to obtain the voltage, current and SOC parameters of the battery in real time; the busbar voltage Udc can be obtained through a voltage sensor; according to a set SOC reference value SOCref, the actual SOC value of the energy storage system is compared with the SOCref to obtain the difference [delta]SOC between the two; a corrected quantity [delta]U of a discharge threshold is obtained through a section proportional regulator; an actual discharge threshold value Udis is obtained according to an initial discharge threshold value Udis0 and the corrected quantity [delta]U of a discharge threshold. According to the invention, SOC of the energy storage system can be made fluctuate within one scope to prevent the SOC of the energy storage system from being too high or too low; the discharge quantityof the energy storage system is enlarged and the substation output power peak value is reduced.

The invention relates to a new energy resource automobile battery replacing system. The new energy resource automobile battery replacing system structurally comprises a battery storage system 1, an intelligent charging system 2, battery cleaning systems 3, a battery disassembling and assembling system 4, terminal service charging systems 5, an automobile transfer system 6, a battery allocation system 7, a background software management system 8 and a multilayer warehouse, wherein the battery storage system 1 is mounted in the multilayer warehouse and is connected with the battery disassembling and assembling system 4; the battery cleaning systems 3 are arranged between the battery storage system 1 and the battery disassembling and assembling system 4, a fire control device, a ventilation device and a monitoring video recording device are respectively arranged in the multilayer warehouse, and a fire control device, a ventilation device and a monitoring video recording device are respectively arranged in the battery disassembling and assembling system 4; the background software management system 8 is arranged in the terminal service charging system 5. The new energy resource automobile battery replacing system has the advantages that a standard battery module is effectively charged by off-peak electricity, waste battery module management is standardized, and the problems of potential safety hazards, long waiting time and the like caused by a charging pile are solved in the manner that battery modules are replaced and charged along with the automobile, so that the purposes of being energy-saving and environmentally-friendly are realized.

A system and method are provided. The system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive power related data relating to power usage of power consuming devices at a customer site from a plurality of sources. The processor is further configured to generate object function inputs from the power related data. The processor is additionally configured to apply the generated object function inputs to an objective function to determine an optimal capacity for a battery storage system powering the power consuming devices at the customer site while minimizing a daily operational power cost for the power consuming devices at the customer site. The processor is also configured to initiate an act to control use of one or more batteries of the battery storage system in accordance with the optimal capacity for the battery storage system.

The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle battery pack automatic reloading system, which comprises a framework assembly, a lifting system assembly, a battery replacement manipulator assembly and a battery storage system, and is characterized in that the lifting system assembly is arranged in the framework assembly, and the battery replacement manipulator assembly is in transmission connection with the lifting system assembly; the lifting system assembly is used for driving the battery replacement manipulator assembly to move in the vertical direction, the battery storage system is fixedly connected with the side wall of the framework assembly, the electric manipulator assembly is used for replacing a battery pack in the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the battery storage system is used for storing the battery pack of the unmanned aerial vehicle; the battery replacement mechanical arm assembly is in transmission connection with the mechanical arm through a telescopic device and a rotating device, and the mechanical arm clamps and disengages batteries of the unmanned aerial vehicle and is driven by the battery replacement mechanical arm assembly to drive the battery pack to reciprocate between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the battery storage system. According to the reloading system, efficient, automatic and rapid battery replacement of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles can be achieved.

Equalization of the state of health of multiple serial strings of battery cells connected in parallel to a common direct current bus in an energy storage system utilized with a utility-sized renewable energy system or other system where optimum operational battery health is a requirement, and in particular is provided by a separate bi-directional DC-to-DC converter in each serial string that controls the charge and discharge of the multiple serial strings of battery cells to maximize efficiency of the stored energy and also provides galvanic isolation between the direct current bus and the multiple serial strings of battery cells.

The invention belongs to the technical field of battery energy storage and especially relates to an energy storage battery soft fault diagnosis method based on GA-Elman. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out acquisition and analysis on terminal voltage signals and state-of-charge signals under different degrees of attenuation; obtaining two feature vectors of terminal voltage deviation Devk and SOC punishment angle [theta]k; carrying out normalization processing on the feature vectors and serving the processed feature vectors as input of the GA-Elman neural network, and serving residual capacity Qk obtained after battery attenuation as output of the GA-Elman neural network; calculating relative inferiority degree of the Qk; determining four fuzzy subsets and membership functions thereof in a large-capacity battery energy storage system soft fault discourse domain according to the relative inferiority degree; and establishing a soft fault diagnosis model having fuzzy output and realizing fuzzy diagnosis of soft fault of the battery energy storage system. The method has higher accuracy, has battery soft fault level comprehensive judgment capability and points out a new direction for soft fault diagnosis of a large-capacity battery storage system.

The invention provides a control method for reducing wind power curtailment of a battery energy storage system. By means of the control method, the battery energy storage system is combined with wind power generation for application, and by controlling charging and discharging of the battery energy storage system, the wind power curtailment can be reduced, and accordingly grid integration capability of a wind power plant is effectively improved. When curtailment occurs in the wind power plant, the control method for reducing curtailment is provided, so that the battery energy storage system can absorb the wind power which cannot be used in grid integration directly, utilization efficiency of wind resources is improved, and economical efficiency is improved to a certain degree. By means of the control method for reducing wind power curtailment of the battery storage system, state of charge (SOC) level of the battery energy storage system can be maintained, so that overcharging or deep discharging of the battery energy storage system is prevented, and safe and reliable operation of the whole system can be maintained.

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for demand charge management. The method includes receiving an active power demand for a facility, a current load demand charge threshold (DCT) profile for the facility, and a plurality of previously observed load DCT profiles. The method also includes generating a forecast model from a data set of DCT values based on the current load DCT profile for the facility and the plurality of previously observed load DCT profiles. The method additionally includes forecasting a monthly DCT value for the facility using the forecast model. The method further includes preventing actual power used from a utility from exceeding the next month DCT value by discharging a battery storage system into a behind the meter power infrastructure for the facility.

A battery system includes a battery accommodating device and one or more battery units. The battery units can be inductively coupled to one another and / or to the battery accommodating device for charging and discharging. The battery accommodating device can be connected to an external electrical energy source and / or energy sink. The battery unit includes a coil unit and the battery accommodating device includes for each battery unit that can be accommodated in a storage seat with a coil unit, which can be coupled in a magnetically complementary manner, for toolless insertion and removal of a battery unit.

The invention relates to a portable, skid mounted, wheeled and / or collapsible hybrid-power lighting and energy management system for harsh, remote and / or high latitude locations. The system combines an internal combustion engine (ICE) power source with a control system for providing power to light system. The system may also include a battery storage system, an ICE heating system and / or renewable solar and / or wind power systems in a manner that improves efficiency and reliability of operation in such locations, while preserving and improving functionality of operation and significantly reducing operator interaction during set-up and operation.

A hybrid ultracapacitor-battery energy storage system is integrated with a photovoltaic system to help solve fluctuations. A fuzzy-logic-based adaptive power management system enables optimization of the power / energy distributions and a filter-based power coordination layer serving as a rudimentary step for power coordination among the hybrid storage system and a fuzzy-logic-based control adjustment layer that keeps monitoring the operation status of all the energy storage devices, taking into account their dynamic characteristics, and fine-tuning the control settings adaptively.

The invention provides a charging system and a method for automatically matching with voltage class of an auxiliary power source of a BMS (battery storage system) of an electric automobile. The charging system comprises a charger and a voltage class recorder, wherein the voltage class recorder is arranged in the electric automobile and is used for storing the voltage class parameters of the auxiliary power source of the BMS of the electric automobile; the charger is connected with the voltage class recorder through a microcontroller, so as to obtain the recorded voltage class of the auxiliary power source of the BMS of the electric automobile. The charging system has the advantages that by arranging the voltage class recorder in the electric automobile, the voltage class recorder is used for recording the class of the auxiliary power source of the BMS of the electric automobile; the microcontroller of the charger is connected with the voltage class recorder in a communication way, so that when the charging is required, the charger firstly obtains the voltage class of the auxiliary power source of the BMS of the electric automobile through the microcontroller, then a power source module with applicable voltage class is accessed according to the voltage class, and the matched auxiliary power source is automatically provided for the BMS of the electric automobile.

The invention relates to a storage battery wireless inspection diagnosis system comprising a mobile terminal, a wireless gateway, a main controller, and a battery storage system. The main net and the subnet of the storage management system are connected with the main controller in a wired way. The wireless gateway is connected with the main controller in a wired way, and the mobile terminal is connected with the wireless gateway in a wireless way. The battery management system is used for real-time detection of every storage battery, and the main controller is used for the data transmission with the battery management system. The wireless gateway is used for converting the wired transmission into the wireless transmission. The mobile terminal is used for detecting the connection conditions of the main net and the subnet of the battery management system, and is used for the data monitoring storage playback and the ID calibration of the main net and the subnet. The storage battery wireless inspection diagnosis system is advantageous in that the monitoring and the management of the batteries carried out by the workers can be facilitated, and at the same time, the early investment and the later maintenance cost of the monitoring device can be reduced.

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for demand charge management. The method includes receiving an active power demand for a facility, a current load demand charge threshold (DCT) profile for the facility, and a plurality of previously observed load DCT profiles. The method also includes generating a data set of DCT values based on the current load DCT profile for the facility and the plurality of previously observed load DCT profiles. The method additionally includes forecasting a next month DCT value for the facility using the data set of DCT values. The method further includes preventing actual power used from a utility from exceeding the next month DCT value by discharging a battery storage system into a behind the meter power infrastructure for the facility.

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for demand charge management. The method includes receiving an active power demand for a facility, a current load demand charge threshold (DCT) profile for the facility, and a plurality of previously observed load DCT profiles. The method also includes generating a data set of DCT values based on the current load DCT profile for the facility and the plurality of previously observed load DCT profiles. The method additionally includes forecasting a next month DCT value for the facility using the data set of DCT values. The method further includes preventing actual power used from a utility from exceeding the next month DCT value by discharging a battery storage system into a behind the meter power infrastructure for the facility.

The invention provides a management method of a battery storage system and a data storage method. The management method comprises the steps of obtaining attribute information of the battery storage system and a data size of target storage data; according to the data size and the attribute information of the target storage data, determining an average erasing data size; and according to the averageerasing data volume, allocating a storage space to the target storage data to obtain a target storage area. According to the management method of the battery storage system provided by the scheme, the storage space can be reasonably allocated to to-be-stored data of each data type according to the attribute information of the battery storage system and the data size of the to-be-stored data of each data type, so that the data erasing frequency of a memory in the battery storage system is reduced, the service life of a memory is ensured, and a foundation is laid for improving the data storageefficiency.