Energy storage module and method
AssigneeSiemens Energy, Inc.
InventorIvar Haakon Lysfjord
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Abstract
A DC energy storage module has a plurality of DC energy storage devices electrically connected in series; and a passive or active radio frequency identification tag, or near field communication device located within the energy storage module; wherein the tag or device is configured to be activated from an inactive mode to an active mode in response to an electromagnetic field generated by a transmitter within range of the tag or device; and wherein the tag or device is configured to receive a location dependent identifier from the transmitter.
Claims8
A method of allocating an identifier to a direct current DC energy storage module within a cabinet of a DC energy storage system, the module comprising a plurality of DC energy storage devices electrically connected together in series, the method comprising:
- installing a DC energy storage module at a predetermined location in the cabinet;
- sending an activation signal, following the installing step to activate a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, or near field communication (NFC) device in the module by applying an electromagnetic field, generated in a transmitter, to the RFID tag or the NFC device;
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- transmitting a unique location specific identifier to the activated RFID tag or the activated NFC device, the location specific identifier identifying the location of the DC energy storage module following the installing step.
A direct current DC energy storage module, comprising:
- a plurality of DC energy storage devices electrically connected to one another in series to define an energy storage module installed in an operating position;
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- a passive or active radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, or near field communication (NFC) device located within the energy storage module;
- wherein the RFID tag or the NFC device is configured to be activated from an inactive mode to an active mode while in the operating position and in response to an electromagnetic field generated by a transmitter within range of the RFID tag or the NFC device;
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- wherein the RFID tag or the NFC device is configured to receive a unique location specific identifier from the transmitter, the location specific identifier at least partially corresponding to the operating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.