Battery Device Switching Control for Stable Energy Storage Bypass

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Solution Overview

Problem

Energy storage systems face instability due to voltage fluctuations when bypassing or connecting battery devices, which can lead to system crashes if the operations are not synchronized.

Innovation Solution

An energy storage system with multiple interconnected battery devices and a communication network, where each battery device includes a storage battery, a controller, and switch modules. The controllers communicate to synchronize operations, ensuring simultaneous bypassing or connecting of battery devices to maintain system stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If additional battery devices are included to enhance stability and provide redundancy, then system reliability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem stabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides battery devices into modular units, each with its own controller and switch modules. This segmentation allows independent management of each battery device while maintaining overall system functionality, resolving the contradiction by enabling reliability through redundancy without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Controllers are pre-configured with algorithms to automatically detect failures and execute bypass operations. This preliminary preparation ensures that when failures occur, the system can quickly reconfigure itself without manual intervention, improving reliability while keeping the control logic standardized and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If bypass operations and connection operations are performed without synchronization, then operational flexibility is improved, but voltage fluctuations occur causing system crashes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational flexibilityVSAvoidsystem stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Controllers continuously monitor system voltage and battery device states, using this feedback to coordinate bypass and connection operations. When voltage thresholds are approached or failures detected, controllers automatically synchronize operations to maintain voltage stability, preventing crashes while preserving operational flexibility through automated response.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple controllers are merged into a coordinated control system where they communicate and synchronize operations. This combining of control functions ensures that bypass and connection operations across different battery devices are harmonized, preventing voltage fluctuations while maintaining the flexibility to perform operations as needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If battery devices are bypassed individually to handle failures, then adaptability is improved, but voltage fluctuations occur leading to system crashes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefailure handling capabilityVSAvoidsystem stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Controllers are pre-programmed with failure detection algorithms and automatic bypass logic. When a battery device fails, the controller immediately executes the pre-planned bypass sequence, preventing voltage fluctuations before they can cause system crashes. This preliminary preparation enables adaptable failure handling while maintaining system stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the configuration of battery devices based on real-time failure conditions. Controllers can reconfigure which battery devices are active in the series circuit, allowing the system to adapt to various failure scenarios while maintaining stable voltage levels through coordinated dynamic reconfiguration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250158429A1Energy storage system, control method thereof, device, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.05.15 ALPHA ESS CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application provides an energy storage system, control method thereof, device, electronic equipment, and storage medium. The energy storage system comprises multiple interconnected battery devices and a communication network, where a battery device comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a battery device comprises a storage battery, a controller, and first and second switch modules; a positive pole of the storage battery is connected to a first terminal of the first switch module, the positive electrode and a first terminal of the second switch module are connected to a second terminal of the first switch module, and a second terminal of the second switch module is connected to a negative pole of the storage battery. The multiple battery devices can simultaneously perform disconnection and connection operations.