Virtual Sensors for Estimating State of Charge and State of Health in Thermal Energy Storage

Abstract

A thermal management system is disclosed that provides virtual sensors that estimate the state of charge and/or the state of health of an integrated thermal energy storage module. Physical sensors of the thermal management system measure values of a plurality of parameters of the thermal management system. A controller of the thermal management system and/or a cloud backend implements one or more models or algorithms to provide virtual sensors that estimate the state of charge and/or the state of health of the integrated thermal energy storage module, based on the measured parameters. The estimated states of charge and states of health of the thermal energy storage module provide additional useful information to the user or owner of the thermal management system and enable better control of the thermal management system by the controller.

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