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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Arun Pandy, Enfield, CT (US);
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Arun Pandy, Enfield, CT (US);
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for storing and/or discharging electrical energy that has a cost, which method includes steps of: (a) providing a flow battery system comprising at least one flow battery cell and a controller; (b) operating the flow battery cell at a power density having a first value; and (c) changing the power density at which the flow battery cell is operated from the first value to a second value as a function of the cost of the electrical energy, wherein the power density is changed using the controller, and wherein the second value is different than the first value.