Systems and methods for selective cell and/or stack control in a flowing electrolyte battery
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1. A system for individual stack control in a flowing electrolyte battery, the system comprising, a stack controller for operable interconnection with at least one of a plurality of battery cell stacks in a flowing electrolyte battery, a sensor input for providing information regarding an operating condition of the at least one stack, and a control output from the stack controller for individually controlling a charging condition in the at least one stack, based at least in part on the operating condition.
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The invention provides in various embodiments methods and systems relating to controlling energy storage units in flowing electrolyte batteries.
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1. A system for individual stack control in a flowing electrolyte battery, the system comprising,
a stack controller for operable interconnection with at least one of a plurality of battery cell stacks in a flowing electrolyte battery, a sensor input for providing information regarding an operating condition of the at least one stack, and a control output from the stack controller for individually controlling a charging condition in the at least one stack, based at least in part on the operating condition.
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17. A system for controlling a flowing electrolyte battery comprising,
a plurality of dedicated stack controllers, each associated uniquely with one of a plurality of cell stacks in the flowing electrolyte battery, for controlling the associated cell stack independently from others of the plurality of cell stacks.
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18. A system for controlling a flowing electrolyte battery comprising,
a plurality of dedicated controllers, each associated uniquely with an energy storage unit in the flowing electrolyte battery, for controlling the associated energy storage unit independently from others of the plurality of energy storage units.
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19. A system for providing backup power to a load comprising,
a flowing electrolyte battery including a plurality of interconnected energy storage units, and a plurality of dedicated controllers, each associated uniquely with one of the plurality of energy storage units, for controlling the one associated energy storage unit independently from others of the plurality of energy storage units.
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20. A system for detecting operating condition failures in a flowing electrolyte battery comprising,
a sensor for monitoring operating conditions of a first energy storage unit in the flowing electrolyte battery, and a controller associated with the first energy storage unit for altering at least one of the operating conditions of the first energy storage unit, independently from any operating conditions of other energy storage units in the flowing electrolyte battery, and in response to operating condition information about the first storage unit from the sensor.
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