I-Corps: Software/Hardware Controller for Real Time Control of Battery Energy Storage System in a Grid

该I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将是电网的现代化，并解决将大规模可再生能源整合到电网中的挑战，同时提高电网的可靠性，弹性，可负担性和灵活性。该项目的硬件/软件控制器将电池储能系统从电网中的被动组件转变为主动和智能组件，能够自动使电网运营商和客户受益。该技术将通过提供增强的电网服务和降低系统扩展的投资成本，使公用事业和独立系统运营商受益。该技术的商业潜力在于其改善电能质量、提高电力系统可靠性、减少绿色气体排放、降低峰值需求和最大化可再生能源利用的能力。这项技术还将使商业、住宅和工业客户受益，可能减少他们的电费，提高电力可靠性，并为他们在能源市场上提供收入。最终产品是一个软件/硬件控制器面板，它将与由电池模块、逆变器和测量设备组成的电池储能系统集成。这个I-Corps项目涉及一个用于电网中电池储能系统（BESS）智能操作的真实的实时硬件/软件控制器。所开发的技术采用了一种新的控制算法/结构的形式，一个集成的硬件/软件设备，以控制BESS的功率流。控制硬件被配置用于控制器与逆变器、电池管理系统和测量单元的有效交互。控制软件用于管理系统的通信、安全操作和监控。该产品通过采用控制、机器学习、离散信号处理和优化方法，使BESS能够作为缓冲器动态补偿电网中的可再生不确定性和负载不确定性。该控制器的主要优点是最大限度地减少了所分配电池的尺寸，用于电压调节、可再生补偿和负载补偿等应用。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project will be in the modernization of the electrical power grid and solving the challenges of integrating large scale renewable sources to the grid while improving the reliability, resilience, affordability, and flexibility of the electric power grid. This project's hardware/software controller turns the battery energy storage system from a passive component in the grid to an active and smart component which is able to benefit both grid operators and customers automatically. This technology will benefit utilities and independent system operators through providing enhanced grid services and reducing investment cost of system expansion. The commercial potential of this technology is due to its capabilities for improving power quality, increasing power system reliability, decreasing green gas emission, reducing peak demand, and maximizing renewable energy utilization. This technology will also benefit commercial, residential, and industrial customers by potentially reducing their electricity bill, increasing power reliability, and providing them with revenue in the energy market. The end product is a software/hardware controller panel which will be integrated with a battery energy storage system consisting of battery modules, inverter and measurement devices.This I-Corps project involves a real time hardware/software controller for smart operation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the grid. The developed technology incorporates a novel control algorithm/structure in the form of an integrated hardware/software device, to control the power flow of BESS. The control hardware is configured for effective interaction of the controller with inverter, battery management system, and measurement units. The control software is structured to manage the communication, safe operation and monitoring of the system. This product, by employing control, machine learning, discrete signal processing, and optimization methods, enables BESS as a buffer to dynamically compensate for the renewable intermittency and load uncertainty in the power grid. The main advantage of the controller is to minimize the size of allocated battery for applications such as voltage regulation, renewable compensation, and load compensation.