Applications of the Viable System Model in automotive and battery storage systems

The renewable electric power generation in low voltage distribution grids is continuously increasing, which can lead to overload of power transformers. Battery storages can help reducing the load of the transformer and increase the percentage of self sufficiency of distribution grids. In this paper applications of the Viable System Model proposed by Stafford Beer in different fields of research are presented. Finally an approach for a scalable battery storage system based on this cybernetic method is introduced. The system shows a high efficiency even in partial load operation, fault tolerance and availability in error cases, maintainability and a high flexibility regarding the used storage technology.