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Patent US9831677


Issued 2017-11-28

Software Abstraction Layer For Energy Generation And Storage Systems

A software abstraction layer for energy generation and/or storage systems. In one embodiment, a method is provided that can comprise receiving, by a site gateway, one or more standardized operating parameters for a physical component of an energy storage system, and translating, by the site gateway, the one or more standardized operating parameters into one or more vendor specific parameters, where the one or more vendor specific parameters are specific to a vendor-defined communication protocol supported by the physical component. The physical component can then be controlled using the one or more vendor specific parameters.



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  • 1. A method comprising: grouping, by a site gateway, first and second discrete physical components of an energy storage system into a logical device; providing, by the site gateway to a remote server, an interface for controlling the logical device; receiving, by the site gateway from the remote server, one or more standardized operating parameters for the logical device via the interface; translating, by the site gateway, the one or more standardized operating parameters into a first set of parameters that are compatible with the first physical component and a second set of parameters that are compatible with the second physical component; and transmitting, by the site gateway, the first set of parameters to the first physical component and the second set of parameters to the second physical component, wherein the first physical component is a battery inverter/charger, wherein the second physical component is a battery device, and wherein the logical device is a logical storage appliance.

  • 14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a computer system, the program code comprising: code that causes the computer system to group first and second discrete physical components of an energy storage system into a logical device; code that causes the computer system to provide, to a remote server, an interface for controlling the logical device; code that causes the computer system to receive, from the remote server, one or more standardized operating parameters for the logical device via the interface; code that causes the computer system to translate the one or more standardized operating parameters into a first set of parameters that are compatible with the first physical component and a second set of parameters that are compatible with the second physical component; and code that causes the computer system to transmit the first set of parameters to the first physical component and the second set of parameters to the second physical component, wherein the first physical component is a battery inverter/charger, wherein the second physical component is a battery device, and wherein the logical device is a logical storage appliance.

  • 17. A computer system comprising: a processor configured to: group first and second discrete physical components of an energy storage system into a logical device; provide, to a remote server, an interface for controlling the logical device; receive, from the remote server, one or more standardized operating parameters the logical device via the interface; translate the one or more standardized operating parameters into a first set of parameters that are compatible with the first physical component and a second set of parameters that are compatible with the second physical component; and transmit the first set of parameters to the first physical component and the second set of parameters to the second physical component, wherein the first physical component is a battery inverter/charger, wherein the second physical component is a battery device, and wherein the logical device is a logical storage appliance.