Introduction of a new “Intelligent Battery”

Storage batteries are widely applied as backup power in different industries like telecom, power utility, and data center and so on. At the same time, real time knowledge about the battery condition (SOC and SOH) is very significant to ensure the performance of critical power system. However, existing methods of manual measurement for battery or online battery monitoring system will require complicated wire connection and they are somehow risky during measurement. Meanwhile these operations will also require very professional personnel. Therefore, their applications have big limitation. This paper is to introduce a new type of battery and corresponding measurement (we named it as “Intelligent Battery”). We will apply new methods to measure battery condition using the communication way of power line carrier (PLC). This way of measurement will require a redesigning of storage battery which will bring revolutionary changes to battery and battery measurement. And this will become the footstone for building Internet of Things, a smarter way of battery maintenance and management. Users will have a real time monitor for battery. What's more, the exterior appearance and wire connection of the “Intelligent Battery” will be exactly the same like conventional batteries.