Charge/discharge instructing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9300156-B2
Application number	US-201313963222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2013
Priority date	Aug 10, 2012
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

In one embodiment, there is provided a charge-discharge instructing apparatus. The apparatus includes: an acquiring module configured to acquire specific information and location information for each of a plurality of battery energy storage systems, wherein the specific information represents an electrical characteristic of a battery of each of the battery energy storage systems, and the location information represents an installation position of each of the battery energy storage systems; a group determining module configured to select some of the battery energy storage systems from among the plurality of battery energy storage systems to make a group composed of the selected battery energy storage systems, based on the specific information and the location information; and a managing module configured to send a charge-discharge control instruction to the battery energy storage systems belonging to the group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charge-discharge instructing apparatus, comprising:
a processor and memory configured to execute software instructions embodied within modules, the modules including:
an acquiring module configured to acquire specific information and location information for each of a plurality of battery energy storage systems, wherein the specific information represents an electrical characteristic of a battery of each of the battery energy storage systems, and the location information represents an installation location of each of the battery energy storage systems;
a group determining module configured to group the battery energy storage systems into groups each including two or more battery energy storage systems, based on the specific information and the location information; and
a managing module configured to send charge-discharge control instructions to the battery energy storage systems on a group-by-group basis, wherein
the battery energy storage systems are grouped based on the specific information of the battery energy storage systems meeting a specific condition for an electrical characteristic, and
the battery energy storage systems are also grouped based on the location information of the battery energy storage systems meeting a location condition for an installation location.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the managing module comprises a module configured to calculate a sum of charge-discharge power values of the battery energy storage systems belonging to the same group.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the specific condition and the location condition are determined depending on a function required for the battery energy storage systems belonging to the groups.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
each of the battery energy storage systems is located in one of a plurality power distribution networks,
the location information comprises an identifier that identifies a power distribution network in which a battery energy storage system is located, and
battery energy storage systems correlated with the same power distribution network identifier constitute a group.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein
according to the location condition, identifiers of the battery energy storage systems identify the same power distribution network.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the specific information comprises a state of charge (SOC) of the batteries of the battery energy storage systems.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the specific information comprises a maximum charge-discharge current of the batteries of the battery energy storage systems.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the specific information comprises a state of health (SOH) of the batteries of the battery energy storage systems.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the specific information comprises charge-discharge efficiency of the batteries of the battery energy storage systems.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the location information comprises identifiers of facilities where each battery energy storage system is installed.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:
(a) acquiring specific information and location information for each of a plurality of battery energy storage systems, wherein the specific information represents an electrical characteristic of a battery of each of the battery energy storage systems, and the location information represents an installation location of each of the battery energy storage systems;
(b) group the battery energy storage systems into groups each including two or more battery energy storage systems, based on the specific information and the location information; and
(c) sending charge-discharge control instructions to the battery energy storage systems on a group-by-group basis, wherein
the battery energy storage systems are grouped based on the specific information of the battery energy storage systems meeting a specific condition for an electrical characteristic, and
the battery energy storage systems are also grouped based on the location information of the battery energy storage systems meeting a location condition for an installation location.

12. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the function required for the battery energy storage systems belonging to the groups is a short cycle control or a daytime operation control.

13. A charge-discharge instructing apparatus, comprising:
a processor and memory configured to execute software instructions embodied within modules, the modules including:
an acquiring module configured to acquire specific information and location information for each of a plurality of battery energy storage systems, wherein the specific information represents an electrical characteristic of a battery of each of the battery energy storage systems, and the location information represents an installation location of each of the battery energy storage systems;
a group determining module configured to group the battery energy storage systems into at least a first group and a second group different from the first group, based on the specific information and the location information; and
a managing module configured to send charge-discharge control instructions to the battery energy storage systems on a group-by-group basis, the managing module being configured to:
i) send a charge-discharge control instruction to the battery energy storage systems belonging to the first group in accordance with a short cycle control; and
ii) send a charge-discharge control instruction to the battery energy storage systems belonging to the second group in accordance with a daytime operation control,
wherein
the battery energy storage systems are grouped based on the specific information of the battery energy storage systems meeting a specific condition for an electrical characteristic, and
the battery energy storage systems are also grouped based on the location information of the battery energy storage systems meeting a location condition for an installation location.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the managing module manages each group of battery energy storage systems as a single logical entity.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein each group of battery energy storage systems is managed as a single logical entity.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the managing module manages each group of battery energy storage systems as a single logical entity.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Nishibayashi Yasuyuki
• Teramoto Keiichi
• Ise Kotaro

Classifications

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• H02J13/1337

  involving the use of Internet protocols · CPC title

• H02J7/92

  with prioritisation of loads or sources · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J13/1321 Primary

  using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus · CPC title