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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Bishnu P. Bhattarai, Kennewick, WA (US);
Bilal Ahmad Bhatti, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Robert G. Pratt, Kennewick, WA (US);
Donald J. Hammerstrom, West Richland, WA (US);
Steven E. Widergren, Kennewick, WA (US);
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide flexible allocation and regulation of scheduled energy transfers between energy storage devices ('batteries') and a power grid. Piecewise mappings having at least one sloping segment enable gradual variations in scheduled energy transfers as cleared values of a medium of energy exchange deviate from predicted values of the medium of energy exchange. Thereby deviations from a battery's predicted energy transfer schedule can be reduced, and overall smoother operation of a power grid can be achieved. Two sloping linear segments can be separated by a dead band, a portion of the mapping in which the scheduled energy transfer amount is invariant. A dead zone can increase the likelihood of a battery meeting its predicted schedule.