SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING DC-DC CONVERTERS TO IMPROVE POWER DENSITY AND IMPROVE BATTERY UTILIZATION

An energy storage system includes a plurality of energy storage nodes, each of which includes a battery storage element, a plurality of DC-DC converters connected in parallel, each of which is connected to a corresponding one of the energy storage nodes, and a controller coupled to the plurality of DC-DC converters and configured to execute a power balancing protocol. The power balancing protocol includes collecting and recording electrical data from each of the DC-DC converters, calculating an average power output for the DC-DC converters based on the electrical data, calculating a required change in a no-load voltage value for each of the DC-DC converters, and updating the no-load voltage value for each of the DC-DC converters based on the calculated required change in the no-load voltage value for each of the DC-DC converters. A method for executing a power balancing protocol is also provided.