US 12,176,836 B2
Systems and methods for intelligent energy storage and provisioning using an energy storage control system
Jonathan Gale Ritchey, Kelowna (CA); and Kent Thoresen, Hokksund (NO)
Assigned to DPM TECHNOLOGIES INC., Calgary (CA)
Appl. No. 17/274,036
Filed by DPM TECHNOLOGIES INC., Calgary (CA)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/051238
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/047663, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0359523 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H02P 25/18 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 3/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H02K 11/26 (2016.01); H02K 11/28 (2016.01); H02M 7/66 (2006.01)
CPC H02P 25/18 (2013.01) [H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 3/46 (2013.01); H02J 7/0014 (2013.01); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); H02J 7/1415 (2013.01); H02K 11/26 (2016.01); H02K 11/28 (2016.01); H02M 7/66 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operation in an energy storage and provisioning system, the method comprising:
causing two or more coils of at least one set of coils of a power generator to be connected to each other in a first configuration based at least in part on a charging characteristic of an energy storage system;
receiving, in the energy storage system comprising energy storage cells, electrical power from the power generator, each of the energy storage cells comprising one or more switching elements selectively operable to connect with one or more terminals of other ones of the energy storage cells;
determining, by a control subsystem comprising one or more processors and memory, a condition of a plurality of the energy storage cells via electrical measurement;
grouping, by controlling operation of the one or more switching elements of the energy storage cells, a subset of the plurality of energy storage cells into a topology configuration based at least in part on a condition of individual cells of the subset of energy storage cells, the topology configuration corresponding to an interconnection relationship of the subset of energy storage cells; and
storing the received electrical power into the subset of energy storage cells arranged into the topology configuration to optimize storage of the electrical power received from the power generator.