Battery managing apparatus, battery pack, and energy storage system
US9277298B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/50
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An energy storage system having a number of trays with each tray having a number of battery cells in which power is controllably stored and discharged. A first Battery Management System (BMS) is electrically coupled to a tray contained in a rack of trays. A second BMS is electrically coupled to and controls the first BMS. The first BMS includes a control unit electrically coupled to and controlling the battery cells. It further includes a switch unit electrically coupled to the control unit and selectively applying driving power according to a control signal from the second BMS.
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