Patents by Inventor Jianjie Zhou

Jianjie Zhou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240128770
    Abstract: A conversion power supply and an autonomous electric energy replenishment method for an energy storage system are provided. An output terminal of the power supply module is connected to a second side of a first DC-DC converter through an energy storage element. A first side of the first DC-DC converter is connected to battery clusters of the energy storage system through a DC interface of the conversion power supply, so that under control by a conversion power supply controller, in a case that a voltage of a battery cluster is lower than a preset threshold, the first DC-DC converter receives the electric energy on the second side, and transmit the electric energy to the first side of the first DC-DC converter, to realize a electric energy replenishment function for at least one of the battery clusters and prevent battery failure due to over-discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianjie Zhou, Xiaohui Cao, Fanglin Chen, Zihao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11942775
    Abstract: A high voltage battery cluster, and an overcurrent protection circuit and a switch box of the high voltage battery cluster are provided. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a first fusing module and a second fusing module. Since a withstand current-time curve of the first fusing module is different from a withstand current-time curve of the second fusing module, in a case that an overcurrent fault occurs in a high voltage battery cluster, one fusing module can cause an open circuit in the high voltage battery cluster prior to another fusing module, thereby preventing the high voltage battery cluster from being broken by a large current when an overcurrent fault occurs in the high voltage battery cluster, thus ensuring an electrical safety of the high voltage battery cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianjie Zhou, Renxian Cao, Yilei Gu, Shanming Yang, Hui Tong, Xiaohu Xu, Jinsheng Li
  • Patent number: 11784368
    Abstract: An energy storage system and a thermal management method therefor are provided. The method is performed by a smart battery thermal management unit in the energy storage system. In the method, a charging-discharging current in a next preset time period, a current parameter of a battery cell, a predicted ambient temperature in the next preset time period, and a refrigerant returning temperature are acquired. A heat dissipation strategy with minimum total power consumption in the next preset time period is determined based on the charging-discharging current, the current parameter of the battery cell, the predicted ambient temperature, the refrigerant returning temperature and power consumption of the cooling system. The cooling system is controlled based on the heat dissipation strategy with minimum total power consumption, to cool the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianjie Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230107559
    Abstract: A high voltage battery cluster, and an overcurrent protection circuit and a switch box of the high voltage battery cluster are provided. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a first fusing module and a second fusing module. Since a withstand current-time curve of the first fusing module is different from a withstand current-time curve of the second fusing module, in a case that an overcurrent fault occurs in a high voltage battery cluster, one fusing module can cause an open circuit in the high voltage battery cluster prior to another fusing module, thereby preventing the high voltage battery cluster from being broken by a large current when an overcurrent fault occurs in the high voltage battery cluster, thus ensuring an electrical safety of the high voltage battery cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianjie ZHOU, Renxian CAO, Yilei GU, Shanming YANG, Hui TONG, Xiaohu XU, Jinsheng LI
  • Publication number: 20220190446
    Abstract: A battery cluster and an energy storage system are provided. The battery cluster includes multiple battery modules, all of the multiple battery modules are arranged in even rows, and each battery module is connected in series with an adjacent battery module one by one, to form a ring connection. Such that the length of a cable connecting a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a battery cluster to a switch box is less than a preset value. In the present disclosure, each battery module in the battery cluster is connected in series with an adjacent battery module one by one, such that a ring connection is formed, thereby reducing the cost of connecting cables and the total cost of the energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Cao, Ri Fang, Jianjie Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220173451
    Abstract: An energy storage system and a thermal management method therefor are provided. The method is performed by a smart battery thermal management unit in the energy storage system. In the method, a charging-discharging current in a next preset time period, a current parameter of a battery cell, a predicted ambient temperature in the next preset time period, and a refrigerant returning temperature are acquired. A heat dissipation strategy with minimum total power consumption in the next preset time period is determined based on the charging-discharging current, the current parameter of the battery cell, the predicted ambient temperature, the refrigerant returning temperature and power consumption of the cooling system. The cooling system is controlled based on the heat dissipation strategy with minimum total power consumption, to cool the energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianjie Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220166072
    Abstract: A battery cluster management device and a battery energy storage system are provided. The battery cluster management device includes a networking circuit and an integrated controller, a connecting circuit of the networking circuit and a power conversion circuit connected in series, the integrated controller is respectively connected to the connecting circuit, the power conversion circuit, and a BMU in a battery cluster, and the integrated controller is configured to: perform a preset battery management process according to preset electrical information fed back by the connecting circuit and the BMU, and control the power conversion circuit to perform a preset current conversion process. In the present disclosure, the connecting circuit and the power conversion circuit are integrated, thus repeated voltage and current detection circuits and corresponding soft start circuits are unnecessary, the integration level of the battery cluster management device is improved effectively, and the overall cost is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianjie Zhou, Qingqing Xu, Hui Tong