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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Seong-joong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-Joong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
An energy storage system including: a battery; a power conditioning system coupled to the battery, switches coupleable to an internal load of the power conditioning system, the battery, a grid, or an external load; and a controller to: receive energy usage cost information of the grid and residual capacity information of the battery; determine which of an energy of the battery or the grid is to be provided to the external load, and to determine which of the energy of the battery or the grid is to be provided to the internal load, according to the energy usage cost information and the residual capacity information; and control the switches according to the determination to provide the energy of the battery or the grid to the external load, and to provide the energy of the battery or the grid to the internal load.