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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Qin Huang, Cary, NC (US);
Yu Du, Raleigh, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
An energy storage system is provided. The system includes a plurality of energy storage modules connected in parallel. Each energy storage module has an energy storage source, a bidirectional current converter configured for supplying charge to the energy storage source from a power source and for discharging current for use by an electrical device, a monitoring module for monitoring the energy storage source and the current converter, and a controller configured to control the current converter based upon monitored characteristics of the storage source and the current converter to produce a respective output signal for each module. A communications module is in connection with each output signal of the energy storage modules and configured for communicating a combined output signal with one of the power source and the electrical device.