A Software-Defined Reconfigurable Battery System Prototype

In the energy internet era, distributed energy storage systems will be widely used in various industrial, commercial, and residential scenarios. However, the modeling of energy flow and the digital flow of information operate on different temporal and spatial scales in traditional energy storage systems, lacking deep integration between energy flow and information flow. This prevents it from completely addressing the complex battery cell balancing and low safety issues in current distributed energy storage systems. The proposal of software-defined energy storage provides a new approach to solve the inherent problems in the battery industry by introducing the idea of internet shielding terminal differences into energy storage system. We proposed a software-defined reconfiguration battery system (SRBS) in this paper, which can manage different types of energy storage media to adapt to varying loads and operating conditions. Energy-type batteries, power-type batteries, and supercapacitors are integrated together to form an efficient and safe energy storage and power supply system. The hardware architecture and software control method of SRBS are described in detail. Finally, a real-world prototype is charged and discharged to show the successful coexistence and operation of different energy storage media within a single system.