Abstract: Methods and systems for wirelessly transmitting power and/or data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of power electronics and provides a power generating system and method for a vehicle. The present disclosure provides an alternative system for charging an energy storage device that is used to drive a vehicle and also to reduce dependency of the vehicle on the energy storage device.

Abstract: An interlock power supply stops supplying a voltage if AC power supply is supplying AC voltage and an interlock condition is satisfied, and supplies a voltage if AC power supply is supplying AC voltage and the condition is not satisfied. A non-interlock power supply supplies a voltage independently of the condition, if AC power supply is supplying AC voltage. A first wiring pattern that connects an interface and a switch drive circuit. A second wiring pattern is connected to the non-interlock power supply. A constant-voltage element is provided between a first section of the first wiring pattern and a second section of the first wiring pattern.

Abstract: A first inductive element including a plurality of first subcoils, each first subcoil characterized at least in part by a geometry that comprises a winding direction and a physical size is provided. The plurality of first subcoils are in electrical communication with each other, and the geometry of each first subcoil is selected to reduce a variation in an inductive coupling between the first inductive element and a second inductive element when a gap between the first inductive element and the second inductive element varies. A method of inductive alignment using the above system is also provided.

Abstract: A cascaded H-bridge (CHB) inverter for higher rated power conditioning systems which operates at medium voltages while providing high power quality and low dv/dt. By incorporating battery energy storage, the power conditioning system operates at night to provide power to a load or grid and stabilizes the system during sudden changes in climatic conditions. Various energy storage system (ESS) configurations such as AC side coupled ESS, dual active bridge based ESS, and chopper based ESS configurations for cascaded H-bridge inverters are described. A comparison of these configurations on the basis of cost, control complexity, controller hardware requirements was performed and the advantages of chopper based ESS configurations over other ESS configurations was demonstrated. A control algorithm for the chopper based configurations was developed to operate the system in standalone and grid-connected modes of operation.

Abstract: An electrical power system connectable to a power grid includes a cluster of electrical power subsystems, each of the electrical power subsystems including a power converter electrically coupled to a generator having a generator rotor and a generator stator. Each of the electrical power subsystems defines a stator power path and a converter power path for providing power to the power grid. Each of the electrical power subsystems further includes a transformer. The system further includes a subsystem breaker configured with each of the electrical power subsystems, and a cluster power path extending from each subsystem breaker for connecting the cluster of electrical power subsystems to the power grid. The system further includes a reactive power compensation inverter electrically coupled within the electrical power system, the reactive power compensation inverter operable to increase the reactive power level in the electrical current flowing to the power grid.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power receiving device including a detection circuit that detects a circuit characteristic value of the power receiving circuit and a position detection circuit that detects a state of the relative position between the power receiving coil and the power transmitting coil. The position detection circuit determines that the power receiving coil exists near the periphery of a position suitable for receiving power when the circuit characteristic value exceeds a first threshold value set between the peak value of the second peak and a detection limit value of the detection circuit, and calculates transmittable power from the wireless power transmitting device based on the circuit characteristic value, when the circuit characteristic value detected by the detection circuit exceeds a second threshold value set between the peak value of the second peak and the peak value of the first peak.

Abstract: A load control system includes a power switching device and a control device, wherein the power switching device includes a first power input port, a second power input port and a power output port. The first power input port and the second power input port are electrically connected to a first battery and a second battery respectively, and the power output port is electrically connected to the control device. The power output port receives the power which is input to the first power input port or the second power input port so as to supply the power to the control device. The control device is adapted to control a load to switch and to control the power switching device to utilize the power from the first power input port and the second power input port alternatively, thereby extending the respective usage time of the first battery and the second battery.

Abstract: The method of forecasting for solar-based power systems (10) recognizes that no single solar irradiance forecasting model provides the best forecasting prediction for every current weather trend at every time of the year. Instead, the method trains a classifier to select the best solar irradiance forecasting model for prevailing conditions through a machine learning approach. The resulting solar irradiance forecast predictions are then used to allocate the solar-based power systems (10) resources and modify demand when necessary in order to maintain a substantially constant voltage supply in the system (10).

Abstract: A microstrip antenna for use in a wireless power transmission system and a method for forming the microstrip antenna are described. The antenna includes a first multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces of the first multi-layer PCB include a first electrically conductive material. The antenna includes a second multi-layer PCB that includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces of the second multi-layer PCT include a second electrically conductive material. A first plurality of vias each substantially pass through the top and bottom surfaces of the first multi-layer PCB. A second plurality of vias each substantially pass through the top and bottom surfaces of the second multi-layer PCB. The antenna further comprises a dielectric slab that is configured to receive the first multi-layer PCB and the second multi-layer PCB.

Abstract: A cool running ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) with radio frequency (RF) noise suppression and a Capacitive Power Supply tbr interrupting the flow of current through a pair of load and neutral lines extending between an input power source and a load is provided. The GFCI includes a pair of switches disposed between the input power source and the load. The switches are actuated by a relay circuit initially powered by a booster circuit and a constant on power supply. A capacitive power supply for cool operation of the GFCI is connected to the load line via a current limiting resistor and provides power to the constant on power supply circuit.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to power delivery monitor and control with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). For example, a UPS includes a power output receptacle to supply power to a power extension bar coupled to the UPS via a power cable, the extension bar to provide the power to a plurality of computing devices coupled to the extension bar. The UPS also includes a data communication port to couple the UPS to the extension bar via a communication cable, and a controller module to monitor and control power delivered to a plurality of power output receptacles on the extension bar.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes power transmission coils arranged in a line, a power transmission circuit connected to the power transmission coils and supplying the AC power to the power transmission coils, and control circuitry that switches an electrical connection state between the power transmission circuit and each of the power transmission coils, detect a relative position between the power receiving coil and each of the power transmission coils, selects a number of power transmission coils adjacent to each other based on the detected relative position, the selected number of power transmission coils being fixed, and causes the power transmission circuit to supply the AC power to the selected number of power transmission coils. In an array direction of the power transmission coils, a width Dwt of each of the power transmission coils is shorter than a width Dwr of the power receiving coil and Dwt/Dwr?0.875.

Abstract: An integrated power supply system includes a grid power source, at least one renewable power source, a rechargeable battery assembly, a DC bus, a bi-directional AC-to-DC converter, at least one first DC-to-DC converter, a bi-directional DC-to-DC converter, and a controller. The bi-directional AC-to-DC converter is coupled to the grid power source and the DC bus. The at least one first DC-to-DC converter is coupled to the at least one renewable power source and the DC bus. The bi-directional DC-to-DC converter is coupled to the rechargeable battery assembly and the DC bus. The controller controls power electricity feeding into and being drawn from the DC bus, thereby keeping a bus voltage of the DC bus substantially fixed at a system voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a group of distributed-input series-output (DISO) converters, each of which are actively controlled by a common maximum power tracking (MPT) controller. The common MPT controller is configured to actively control one of the DISO converters in the group of DISO converters to update a present group-peak power voltage of the one DISO converters while remaining DISO converters in the group of DISO converters are controlled to hold most recently grouped peak power voltages updated during their previously non-overlapping uniform time windows of active MPT control.

Abstract: An electronic device lacking an internal power supply comprises electronic circuitry, an external power adapter having an input connector for receiving AC power from a conventional AC power outlet and for providing a low-voltage output signal to an output connector, and a first port electronically coupled to the electronic circuitry for receiving the low-voltage output signal from the output connector of the power adapter and for providing the low-voltage output signal to the electronic circuitry.

Abstract: A distributed energy conversion system is described. The illustrative distributed energy conversion system is described to include a first energy conversion entity and a second energy conversion entity being interconnected via an energy exchange network. The system is further disclosed to include an evaluation entity that is able to communicate with the energy conversion entities and create a roadmap for the consumption of energy by the first energy conversion entity and the second energy conversion entity.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a DC power supply is provided. The power supply includes a first input configured to be coupled to an AC power source, a second input configured to be coupled to a battery, an output, a transformer, and a controller coupled to the transformer. The transformer includes a first winding configured to be coupled to the first input, a second winding configured to be coupled to the second input, and a third winding configured to be coupled to the output. The controller controls, in a first mode, the first winding to generate, based on power received from the AC power source, a first voltage across the second winding to charge the battery, and a second voltage across the third winding, and control, in a second mode, the second winding to generate, based on power received from the battery, a third voltage across the third winding.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter capable of detecting a receiver and a method for the same is described. According to some implementations, the transmitter is configured to detect the presence of the receiver by detecting a change in capacitance in the transmitter by detecting the change in a current flowing through a capacitive circuit at the transmitter. According to some implementations, the capacitive circuit is formed by a first transmission coil corresponding to a first electrode and a second transmission coil corresponding to a second electrode. According to some implementations, the capacitive circuit is formed by a transmission coil as an electrode and a ground, or by the electrode and the receiver circuitry.

Abstract: A vehicle electrical system arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a battery apparatus to which a primary vehicle electrical system and at least one secondary vehicle electrical system are electrically conductively connected, wherein the primary vehicle electrical system has a primary set of loads and the secondary vehicle electrical system has a secondary set of loads, wherein further a backup battery is connected to the primary vehicle electrical system and to the secondary vehicle electrical system via a switching apparatus, and the switching apparatus has at least one primary switching position for an electrically conductive connection to the primary vehicle electrical system and a secondary switching position for an electrically conductive connection to the secondary vehicle electrical system.