Storage Battery Management Device In-Operation Diagnosis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing large-scale storage battery systems require battery boards to be removed for diagnosis, disrupting power grid operations and making real-time diagnosis challenging.

Innovation Solution

A storage battery management device that compensates charging and discharging power between power adjustment devices within the system, allowing for in-operation diagnosis without affecting the electric grid by transferring power between devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If battery boards are removed for diagnosis, then diagnosis accuracy is improved, but system operation continuity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnosis accuracyVSAvoidsystem operation continuity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces other battery boards as intermediary power sources to provide compensation power during diagnosis. Instead of removing the battery board under test, the system uses functional battery boards as mediators to maintain power balance, enabling in-situ diagnosis without affecting system operation or grid stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of repair

If battery boards are removed for diagnosis, then component inspection capability is improved, but power grid stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent inspection capabilityVSAvoidpower grid stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of repairVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent ensures continuous power compensation during diagnosis operations. By dynamically adjusting the charge/discharge status of other battery boards, the system maintains continuous power balance, allowing component inspection to proceed without interrupting power grid connection or compromising grid stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Ease of operation

If power compensation is performed between battery boards, then in-operation diagnosis is enabled, but control complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvein-operation diagnosis capabilityVSAvoidcontrol complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback control mechanism where the management device continuously monitors the charge/discharge status of battery boards and dynamically adjusts power compensation. The control device receives status information and automatically calculates required compensation power, reducing manual intervention complexity while enabling in-operation diagnosis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables continuous operation of the storage battery system during diagnosis, minimizing disruptions to the power grid and facilitating real-time failure detection and analysis of battery components.

Implementation Method 1

The storage battery management device is configured to compensate charging power and discharging power of a battery board used in a diagnosis for the battery board, inside the storage battery system by transmitting and receiving the charging power or the discharging power between the plurality of power adjustment devices of the storage battery system

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPower transmission and compensation:

Data Source

PatentEP3273567B1Storage battery management device, method, and program
Publication Date: 2019.04.24 KK TOSHIBA
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AI summary

A storage battery management device according to an embodiment is configured to manage a storage battery system including a plurality of battery boards and a plurality of power adjustment devices corresponding to the battery boards. The storage battery management device is configured to compensate charging power and discharging power of a battery board used in a diagnosis for the battery board, inside the storage battery system by transmitting and receiving the charging power or the discharging power between the plurality of power adjustment devices of the storage battery system, when performing the diagnosis while causing the storage battery system to remain operated. Therefore, it is possible to diagnose a control device of a battery board without affecting an electric grid.