# US 12,541,183 B2 · Apparatus and method for managing energy storage power station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,541,183 B2 - Document ID: US12541183B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/115,094 - Filed: 2023-02-28 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Granted: 2026-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-28 - Assignees: Shanghai Makesens Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shanghai Makesens Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Pei Song; Enhai Zhao; Danfei Gu; Pingchao Hao; Peng Ding; Weikun Wu; Guopeng Zhou; Xiao Yan; Xiaohua Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12541183B2 ## CPC - G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) - B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations - G05B 2219/21109: Field programmable gate array, fpga as I-O module - G05B 2219/2639: Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low - H01M 2010/4271: {Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing} - H01M 2010/4278: {Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller} - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract The invention provides an apparatus and a method for managing an energy storage power station. The apparatus includes: a first main control module communicatively connected with a battery cluster management unit (BCMU) for collecting battery information of the first priority in an energy storage power station system, and performing protection and control on the energy storage power station system according to the battery information of the first priority; and a second main control module communicatively connected with the first main control module and the BCMU, respectively, for collecting battery information of the second priority in the energy storage power station system. The second main control module operably transmits the collected battery information of the second priority to the first main control module. The first main control module operably manages the battery information of the first priority and the battery information of the second priority in a unified manner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for managing an energy storage power station, comprising: a first main control module communicatively connected with a battery cluster management unit (BCMU), and used to collect battery information of a first priority in an energy storage power station system, and perform protection and control on the energy storage power station system according to the battery information of the first priority; and a second main control module communicatively connected with the first main control module and the BCMU, and used to collect battery information of a second priority in the energy storage power station system, wherein the first priority is higher than said second priority; wherein the second main control module operably transmits the collected battery information of the second priority to the first main control module, and the first main control module operably manages the battery information of the first priority and the battery information of the second priority in a unified manner; wherein the battery information of the first priority is transmitted to the first main control module through a first CAN channel, and the battery information of the second priority is transmitted to the second main control module through a second CAN channel; wherein the second CAN channel includes at least two CAN channels for parallel transmission, and different second CAN channels correspond to different battery management units, and are used to transmit the battery information of the second priority of each battery management unit in parallel; wherein the battery information of the first priority includes summary information of the battery cluster, fault information and protection action information of the battery management unit and the battery cluster management unit; and the battery information of the second priority includes battery voltage information, temperature information and balance information; wherein the first main control module is an ARM module, connected with the battery cluster management units through the CAN communications; wherein the second main control module is an FPGA module, connected with the bus of the first main control module, and connected with the battery cluster management units through the CAN communications; and wherein the first main control module operably uploads the battery information of the first priority and the battery information of the second priority to an energy management system (EMS) through Ethernet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the energy storage power station system includes a high voltage box relay and an external protection device; and wherein the first main control module operably controls the high voltage box relay and/or the external protection device according to the battery information of the first priority. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the BCMU is communicatively connected with at least two battery management units, and the battery management units operably upload the battery information of the first priority and the battery information of the second priority to the BCMU, wherein all battery management units form a battery cluster. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second main control module further collects the battery information of the first priority in the energy storage power station system, and transmits the collected battery information of the first priority to the first main control module. ### Claim 5 A method for managing an energy storage power station, comprising: using a first main control module to collect battery information of a first priority in an energy storage power station system, and performing protection and control on the energy storage power station system according to the battery information of the first priority; the first main control module being communicatively connected with a battery cluster management unit (BCMU); using a second main control module to collect battery information of a second priority in the energy storage power station system; wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority; wherein the second main control module is communicatively connected with the first main control module and the BCMU; and transmitting, by the second main control module, the battery information of the second priority to the first main control module, and managing, by the first main control module, the battery information of the first priority and the battery information of the second priority in a unified manner, wherein the battery information of the first priority is transmitted to the first main control module through a first CAN channel, and the battery information of the second priority is transmitted to the second main control module through a second CAN channel; wherein the second CAN channel includes at least two CAN channels for parallel transmission, and different second CAN channels correspond to different battery management units, and are used to transmit the battery information of the second priority of each battery management unit in parallel wherein the battery information of the first priority includes summary information of the battery cluster, fault information and protection action information of the battery management unit and the battery cluster management unit; and the battery information of the second priority includes battery voltage information, temperature information and balance information; wherein the first main control module is an ARM module, connected with the battery cluster management units through the CAN communications; wherein the second main control module is an FPGA module, connected with the bus of the first main control module, and connected with the battery cluster management units through the CAN communications; and wherein the first main control module operably uploads the battery information of the first priority and the battery information of the second priority to an energy management system (EMS) through Ethernet.