Energy Storage Installation Verification Using Rack BMS Sensing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The verification of energy storage device installations is difficult for ordinary workers, leading to increased error rates and construction delays, especially as demand for energy storage systems grows both domestically and internationally, resulting in higher costs.

Innovation Solution

An installation verification system and method using a program installed in an installation verification terminal to input, guide, verify, and output installation information, including voltage and temperature sensing, and generate a verification report, thereby reducing time delays and errors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual verification methods are used by ordinary workers, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but verification accuracy decreases and error rate increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification accuracyVSAvoidworker skill requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an installation verification terminal as an intermediary device between the worker and the energy storage device. This terminal executes verification programs that guide workers through standardized procedures, automatically collect verification data, and determine pass/fail results. The terminal acts as a mediator that compensates for varying worker skill levels by providing structured guidance and automated assessment, thereby improving verification accuracy without requiring highly skilled operators.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If manual verification procedures are used, then device complexity remains low, but verification time increases and productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification speedVSAvoidverification system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The installation verification terminal performs self-service by automatically executing verification programs, collecting data from the energy storage device, and determining verification results without requiring constant human intervention. The system guides workers through the process, automatically records measurements, and generates pass/fail determinations, thereby significantly reducing verification time and improving productivity while the added complexity is confined to the automated terminal rather than the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If standardized verification programs are implemented, then verification reliability improves and error rate decreases, but ease of operation decreases due to procedural rigidity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification consistencyVSAvoidoperational flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The verification program implements feedback mechanisms that guide workers through standardized procedures while providing real-time information about verification status and results. The system automatically collects data, compares it against expected values, and provides feedback on whether each verification step passes or fails. This structured feedback approach ensures consistent and reliable verification while maintaining ease of operation by clearly indicating what actions are needed and what results are expected.

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

Facilitates efficient and accurate installation verification of energy storage devices, independent of worker skill level, reducing construction time and costs by automating the verification process.

Implementation Method 1

receiving, by the installation verification terminal, voltages of the battery racks, and sensing voltages and temperatures of battery modules in the battery racks

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVoltage sensing: Ohm's Law

Implementation Method 2

receiving, by the installation verification terminal, voltages of the battery racks, and sensing voltages and temperatures of battery modules in the battery racks

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature sensing: Thermocouple

Data Source

PatentUS12578389B2Installation verification system and method for energy storage device
Publication Date: 2026.03.17 SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD
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AI summary

An installation verification method including an installation information input operation including displaying a window for receiving installation information of an energy storage device, and receiving the installation information through an interface of an installation verification terminal, an installation guide operation including displaying a connection state of the energy storage device, displaying a number of battery racks in the energy storage device, receiving a software version of a rack BMS through the interface, and storing the software version of the rack BMS, an installation verification operation including receiving voltages of the battery racks, and sensing voltages and temperatures of battery modules in the battery racks to verify an installation state of the energy storage device, a report output operation including extracting the installation information to generate an installation verification report, and a lock-cancelling operation including cancelling a lock setting to enable the energy storage device to be driven.