Link device for coupling energy storage devices having disparate chemistries

1. An energy system comprising:

a first energy storage device including:

a first battery having a first battery chemistry; and

a first interface;

a second energy storage device including:

a housing defining an internal cavity and a recess;

a lid pivotally coupled to the housing, the lid selectively enclosing the recess;

a second battery disposed within the internal cavity and having a second battery chemistry;

a second interface; and

a third interface configured to facilitate electrically coupling the second energy storage device to a load; and

a link device configured to be selectively received within the recess of the second energy storage device, the link device including:

a fourth interface configured to facilitate selectively coupling the link device to the first interface of the first energy storage device;

a fifth interface configured to facilitate selectively coupling the link device to the second interface of the second energy storage device;

a regulator positioned between the fourth interface and the fifth interface; and

a controller configured to:

determine a type of the first battery chemistry and the second battery chemistry; and

control the regulator to regulate a power profile of power provided by the first energy storage device to the second energy storage device based on at least the type of the first battery chemistry and the second battery chemistry such that the second energy storage device can receive the power from the first energy storage device to increase a power capacity of the second energy storage device for at least one of powering or charging the load.

2. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the regulator is a first regulator and the power profile is a first power profile, wherein the link device includes a second regulator, and wherein the controller is configured to control the second regulator to

regulate a second power profile of second power provided by the second energy storage device to the first energy storage device such that the second energy storage device can selectively charge the first energy storage device.

3. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the second battery chemistry is a lithium-ion battery chemistry, and wherein the first battery chemistry includes at least one of a lead-acid battery chemistry, a lithium iron phosphate battery chemistry, or a fuel cell battery chemistry.

4. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the second battery chemistry is a lithium iron phosphate battery chemistry, and wherein the first battery chemistry includes at least one of a lead-acid battery chemistry or a fuel cell battery chemistry.

5. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the link device is configured to prioritize charging and discharging of the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device such that the first energy storage device is charged first and discharged first.

6. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the link device is configured to prioritize charging and discharging of the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device such that the second energy storage device is charged first and discharged first.

7. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the link device is configured to prioritize charging and discharging of the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device such that the first energy storage device is charged first and the second energy storage device is discharged first.

8. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the link device is configured to prioritize charging and discharging of the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device such that the second energy storage device is charged first and the first energy storage device is discharged first.

9. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the link device is configured to prioritize charging and discharging of the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device such that the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device are simultaneously charged and discharged.

10. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the second energy storage device functions as a conduit for power transfer from the first energy storage device to the load such that the power received by the second energy storage device from the first energy storage device through the link device is not stored by the second energy storage device.

11. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the power received by the second energy storage device from the first energy storage device through the link device is stored by the second energy storage device and then subsequently provided by the second energy storage device to the load.

12. The energy system of claim 1 , wherein the first interface is configured to facilitate coupling the first energy storage device to the load independent of the second energy storage device such that the first energy storage device can at least one of power or charge the load if the first energy storage device is decoupled from the link device.

13. The energy system of claim 1 , further comprising a third energy storage device having a third energy storage chemistry that (i) is different than the second battery chemistry and (ii) is the same as or different than the first battery chemistry, and wherein the link device is configured to facilitate coupling the third energy storage device to the second energy storage device.