Apparatus and method for managing energy in building based on state of health of energy storage system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016352125-A1
Application number	US-201514842918-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Jun 1, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus and method for managing energy are disclosed herein. The apparatus for managing energy includes a State-of-Health (SOH) determination unit and an energy distribution unit. The SOH determination unit collects information about energy storage systems and energy facilities, and determines the SOH of each of the energy storage systems based on the information. The energy distribution unit distributes energy stored in the energy storage system to loads inside a building based on the information and the SOH.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for managing energy, comprising:
a State-of-Health (SOH) determination unit configured to collect information about energy storage systems and energy facilities, and to determine a State of Health (SOH) of each of the energy storage systems based on the information; and an energy distribution unit configured to distribute energy stored in the energy storage system to loads inside a building based on the information and the SOH.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SOH determination unit comprises:
a State-of-Charge (SOC) determination unit configured to determine a State of Charge (SOC) based on an input load, output load and voltage of each cell of the energy storage system; and a determination unit configured to determine the SOH based on the SOC, the voltage of the cell, and the temperature of the cell.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the SOC determination unit determines the SOC using the following equation:
SOC=SOC init +( I*dt )/ Q max
where SOC init is the SOC in an existing state, dt is the time that has elapsed after the SOC in an existing state was calculated, I is the current flowing through the cell, and Q max is the maximum energy storage capacity of the cell.

4 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the determination unit determines the SOH of the energy storage system using the following equation:
SOH= −a 1* R+a 2*In((SOC−SOC min )/(SOC max −SOC min ))+ a 3*In(( V−V min )/( V max −V min ))+ a 4*In(( T−T min )/( T max −T min ))

where R is the internal resistance, SOC is the state of charge, V is the voltage of the cell, T is the temperature, V max is a maximum value of the voltage, V min is a minimum value of the voltage, SOC max is a maximum value of the SOC, SOC min is a minimum value of the SOC, T max is a maximum temperature of the cell, T min is a minimum temperature of the cell, and a1, a2, a3 and a4 are constants.

5 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the energy distribution unit comprises:
a collection unit configured to collects external information of the building; and a prediction unit configured to predict a method of distributing energy to the loads based on the external information of the building and the SOH of the energy storage system.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the collection unit collects information of the real time electricity price.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the prediction unit comprises:
a cost calculation unit configured to calculate a cost based on the real time electricity price, the SOC of the energy storage system, the SOH of the energy storage system, and a predicted load value; and a determination unit configured to determine a load assignment method, corresponding to the predicted load value, based on the cost.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the determination unit determines the load assignment method so that the load assignment method corresponds to the cost having a minimum value.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the cost calculation unit calculates the cost using the following equation:
COST= I*V*PR−a 5*SOH
where PR is the real time electricity price, V is the voltage of the energy storage system, I is current flowing through the energy storage system, SOH is the SOH of the energy storage system, and a5 is a constant corresponding to the SOH and the cost.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the cost calculation unit predicts the load value using the following equation:
P predict =P old ×T amb,new /T amb,old
where P predict is the predicted load value, P old is a real load value of a similar past period, T amb,new is current external temperature, and T amb,old is past external temperature.

11 . A method of managing energy, comprising:
collecting information about one or more energy storage systems and energy facilities, and determining a State of Health (SOH) of each of the energy storage systems based on the information; and distributing energy stored in the energy storage system to loads inside a building based on the information and the SOH.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the SOH comprises:
determining a State of Charge (SOC) based on an input load, output load and voltage of each cell of the energy storage system; and determining the SOH based on the SOC, the voltage of the cell, and temperature of the cell.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the SOC comprises determining the SOC using the following equation:
SOC=SOC init +( I*dt )/ Q max
where SOC init is the SOC in an existing state, dt is the time that has elapsed after the SOC in an existing state was calculated, I is the current flowing through the cell, and Q max is the maximum energy storage capacity of the cell.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the SOH comprises determining the SOH using the following equation:
SOH= −a 1* R+a 2*In((SOC−SOC min )/(SOC max −SOC min ))+ a 3*In(( V−V min )/( V max −V min ))+ a 4*In(( T−T min )/( T max −T min ))

where R is the internal resistance, SOC is the state of charge, V is the voltage of the cell, T is the temperature, V max is a maximum value of the voltage, V min is a minimum value of the voltage, SOC max is a maximum value of the SOC, SOC min is a minimum value of the SOC, T max is a maximum temperature of the cell, T min is a minimum temperature of the cell, and a1, a2, a3 and a4 are constants.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein distributing the energy comprises:
collecting external information of the building; and predicting a method of distributing energy to the loads based on the external information of the building and the SOH of the energy storage system.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein collecting the external information comprises collecting information of the real time electricity price.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein predicting the method of distributing energy comprises:
calculating a cost based on the real time electricity price, the SOC of the energy storage system, the SOH of the energy storage system, and a predicted load value; and determining a load assignment method, corresponding to the predicted load value, based on the cost.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein determining the load assignment method comprises determining the load assignment method so that the load assignment method corresponds to the cost having a minimum value.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein calculating the cost comprises calculating the cost using the following equation:
COST= I*V*PR−a 5*SOH
where PR is the real time electricity price, V is the voltage of the energy storage system, I is the current flowing through the energy storage system, SOH is the SOH of the energy storage system, and a5 is a constant corresponding to the SOH and the cost.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein calculating the cost comprises predicting the load value using the following equation:
P predict =P old ×T amb,new /T amb,old
where P predict is the predicted load value, P old is a real load value of a similar past period, T amb,new is current external temperature, and T amb,old is past external temperature.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Choi Jongwoo
• Lee Il Woo
• Jeong Youn Kwae

Classifications

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• H02J7/971

  the charge cycle being controlled or terminated in response to non-electric parameters · CPC title

• H02J7/933

  the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters · CPC title

• H02J7/855

  with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery · CPC title

• H02J2105/12

  supplying households or buildings · CPC title