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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Hatta, Kuwana, JP;
Akihiro Kai, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a high-temperature storage battery connected to an electric power system, an apparatus for controlling the storage battery, and an electric power control system reside in that, when the temperature of the storage battery is equal to or lower than a reference temperature, charging and discharging the storage battery with charging and discharging electric power, which is the sum of charging and discharging electric power based on a preset process of operating the storage battery and charging and discharging electric power corresponding to charging and discharging cycles each of a continuous charging time of 1 hour or shorter and a continuous discharging time of 1 hour or shorter, for thereby supplying thermal energy to the storage battery.