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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
GE Grid Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Chester Stanley Jezierski, Jr., Amsterdam, NY (US);
Stephane Ouchouche, Rugby, GB;
Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz, Berlin, DE;
Hariram Patel, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
GE GRID GMBH, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A battery energy storage system (BESS) is provided. The BESS includes a plurality of battery strings, a plurality of battery switchgear units, an internal power supply configured to supply DC power from within the BESS, and a controller coupled in communication with the plurality of battery switchgear units and electrically coupled to the internal power supply. The controller is configured to receive DC power from the internal power supply, instruct at least one battery switchgear unit of the plurality of battery switchgear units to electrically couple at least one battery string of the plurality of battery strings to a DC bus, receive DC power from the at least one battery string via the DC bus, and instruct each battery switchgear unit of the plurality of battery switchgear units to electrically couple each battery string of the plurality of battery strings to the DC bus.