A method for clearing a site of vegetative waste includes deploying a portable power generation system and a burner unit to the site. The power generation system has a first air curtain firebox for burning vegetative waste and is configured to generate electrical power from heat energy released by…
This document describes, among other things, a vehicle power system that includes a traction battery, a six-phase inverter divided into two groups of six switches, a six-phase motor, and a pair of switches. In drive mode, the switches configure the inverter to connect the traction battery and the…
A secondary power system is configured to connect to a motor vehicle having a powertrain comprising an engine and a first alternator. The secondary power system includes a second alternator connected to the engine, one or more electro-chemical storage devices coupled to the second alternator and…
A power system and method for the adaptive power control of a drilling rig. While operating the internal combustion engine in its efficient operating range, unrequired mechanical power is converted to electrical power for storage, or use via the electrical bus on the rig. When the internal…
A stored energy power source uses a wound-rotor induction machine (WRIM) to receive energy from an external source, store the energy in N energy storage elements (ESEs) via tertiary windings, and discharge the ESEs to deliver energy via a secondary winding to a load producing output. Each…
A wearable computing device is provided. The wearable computing device includes a housing and a rechargeable battery disposed within a cavity defined by the housing. The wearable computing device further includes a charging system disposed within the cavity. The charging system includes an…
A system for charging a vehicle battery using a motor driving system is proposed. The battery charging system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements; a plurality of transfer switches having…
A starting module for a vehicle is provided. The starting module is configured to reside on-board the vehicle, and is used to start an engine associated with the vehicle in the event the battery on the vehicle is too weak to crank the engine. The engine starting module first comprises a housing…
An under-floor charging station can be mounted under a floor such that a top plate of the under-floor charging station is substantially flush with a top surface of the floor without touching the ground. Openings in the top plate allow charging elements to extend when in use to charge a mobile…
A power feeding system of the present disclosure includes a control unit. In a case where a magnitude of supply destination power is smaller than an upper limit value of the power supply capability of the power source, the control unit controls the charge/discharge control circuit so as to meet the…
An alternator control apparatus includes a first controller that controls an alternator; and a second controller that transmits an instruction signal to the first controller at a first predetermined cycle, the instruction signal being related to electric power generation of the alternator, wherein…
A vehicle power generation voltage control apparatus is obtained, which has improved reliability, when in a faulty condition, of controlling an exciting current flowing through a field winding even if a monitor and detection circuit becomes faulty. An output voltage of a vehicle power generator or…
An electronic device includes a power controller and a power motor. The power controller is used to electrically connect a power storage device. The power motor includes a magnetic part and a coil part. The coil part has a main coil and a electromagnetic inducting coil that are electrically…
The housing has control circuit comprising a micro-controller (16) for partially controlling fuses of the housing to assure operation of a comparator (41) and a filter (43). A processing unit (25) determines whether an electric battery is connected to an electric generator of a motor vehicle or…
A power generation control apparatus that is provided in a vehicle including an engine, a generator which is driven by the engine and output voltage of which is variable, and accumulating means connected to the generator, includes: accumulation amount calculating means that calculates an…
The present invention provides a power supply control apparatus and a power supply for vehicles capable of outputting stable voltages at least during a period of time the engine is started and operated. The apparatus has a charging circuit that converts power-supply power with a first voltage level…
A portable, multi-purpose charging device to charge a primary battery, or one unit or multiple units of secondary battery having same or different voltage than that of the primary battery, and to execute emergency charging to the secondary battery by the primary battery.
In a generator control apparatus for a vehicle, the control apparatus includes an engine; an intake air temperature sensing section configured to sense a temperature of intake air of the engine; an engine startup temperature-state determining section configured to determine whether the engine is in…
An apparatus is provided for detecting a malfunction in an on-vehicle charging system provided with a generator (1) driven by an engine and a battery (4) connected with the generator via a charging line (2). The apparatus comprises a first control unit (7) controlling a generated condition of the…
Apparatus has a generator (120), a battery (150), a high capacitance capacitor and a current distributor (210) for controllable delivery of energy to individual load circuits (230) of the motor vehicle. The generator, battery and capacitor are connected in parallel and the electrical connecting…
The electrical power generator (1) used to supply a road vehicle system connects with the vehicle battery (3) and the vehicle components (4). The output of the generator provides a three phase AC voltage that exhibits superimposed harmonics. These are attenuated by inclusion of a suitable impedance…
A method for generating a fault signal in a system voltage (Aplus) regulator by a phase signal (PH) is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: detecting the system voltage (Aplus) and phase signal (PH); comparing the system voltage (Aplus) and phase signal (PH) with respective fault levels (REG…
An alternator (1) for use in an automotive vehicle includes a circuit for detecting initiation of rotation of an engine. Upon detecting the initiation of rotation, excitation current supply to a field winding (4) is started, and thereafter an alternator output is controlled by controlling the…
The present invention relates to an external type regulator for a vehicle alternator, and in particular to an external type regulator for a vehicle alternator which is capable of preventing a damage of electric parts and a battery by stopping a power generation by disconnecting a field current…
A device for protection against overvoltages generated by electromechanical systems, particularly for battery chargers with engine starters, comprising an electronic circuit that in turn comprises a power supply (11) for a first voltage comparator (12) with hysteresis, within which the reference…
An abnormality detection apparatus of a vehicle AC generator that includes a rectifier (3) for converting AC voltage to DC voltage is disclosed. The abnormality detection apparatus includes abnormality judging means (58) and alarming means (93). The abnormality judging means judges abnormality of…
A voltage conversion apparatus (1) is connected between a first charging/discharging device (3) and a second charging/discharging device (4), and performs voltage conversion between the first and second charging/discharging devices. The apparatus includes a first switching device (11) having one…
A voltage regulator (6) of a power generator device (1) and an electronic control unit (5) are connected through a communication line (100). The voltage regulator (6) transmits power generator type identification information for specifying a type of the power generator device (1) to the electronic…
The invention relates to a switching regulator circuit (10) producing a varying reference voltage (Vr) with temperature, which circuit includes a band-gap generator (2) for supplying at a power stage through an error amplifier (4) and a comparator (5). To the error amplifier (4) is also applied a…
The method involves using the accumulator voltage as an input control parameter for regulating the generator voltage with a regulator temperature correction. Operation-specific parameters are used, e.g. accumulator temperature and uninterrupted engine operating period, to form a voltage demand as a…