Patent ID: 11955616
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An electric energy storage system, comprising:
an electric energy storage device configured to be electrically connected to a power network;
a management computer for the power network;
a control device configured to perform charge and discharge control and temperature adjustment control of the electric energy storage device, wherein the control device is configured such that execution of the temperature adjustment control is restricted when the control device performs the charge and discharge control so as to alleviate power shortage on the power network according to a request from the management computer; and
a vehicle including the electric energy storage device and the control device, wherein:
the control device is configured to operate in an operation mode selected from modes including an ON mode and an OFF mode;
the ON mode is an operation mode in which execution of the temperature adjustment control is allowed;
the OFF mode is an operation mode in which execution of the temperature adjustment control is prohibited;
the control device is configured such that execution of the temperature adjustment control is restricted by the OFF mode;
the management computer is provided outside the vehicle and is configured to set the operation mode of the control device by wireless communication with the vehicle;
the management computer is configured to set the operation mode of the control device to the OFF mode when the management computer requests a user of the vehicle to perform the charge and discharge control of the electric energy storage device so as to alleviate the power shortage on the power network and the user of the vehicle agrees to the request; and
the management computer is configured to set the operation mode of the control device to the ON mode when the management computer requests the user of the vehicle to perform the charge and discharge control of the electric energy storage device so as to increase power demand on the power network and the user of the vehicle agrees to the request.