Energy conservation systems and methods
AssigneeFuel Saving Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey N. Yu, James W. Hill, Gregory W. Davis
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for conserving energy used by an energy consuming device. In certain embodiments, an energy conservation system can be configured to deliver energy to the energy consuming device for a period, followed by a period where energy delivery is dampened and/or cut. By cycling the delivery of energy in this fashion, the energy conservation can achieve a pulsed efficiency.
Claims20
A vehicle driving control system for conserving fuel used by a combustion engine of a tractor-trailer, the vehicle driving control system comprising:
- an electronic storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions;
- one or more processors in electronic communication with the electronic storage medium, the one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the electronic storage medium for processing a computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a first input comprising a first energy output of the combustion engine of the tractor-trailer over a time period;
- processing the first input into a second function comprising a second energy output of the combustion engine of the tractor-trailer over the time period,
- wherein the second function comprises a plurality of regions of decreased energy output relative to the first energy output and a plurality of regions of increased energy output relative to the plurality regions of decreased energy output,
- wherein the second function further comprises cyclical oscillations, wherein the cyclical oscillations comprise one of the plurality of regions of decreased energy output generally followed by one of the plurality of regions of increased energy output and one of the plurality of regions of increased energy output generally followed by one of the plurality of regions of decreased energy output;
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- directing the combustion engine of the tractor-trailer to output energy according to the second energy output over the time period to conserve energy.
A computer-implemented method of conserving fuel used by a combustion engine of a tractor-trailer, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer system, a first input comprising a first energy output of the combustion engine of the tractor-trailer over a time period;
- processing, by the computer system, the first input into a second function comprising a second energy output of the combustion engine over the time period,
- wherein the second function comprises a plurality of regions of decreased energy output relative to the first energy output and a plurality of regions of increased energy output relative to the plurality regions of decreased energy output,
- wherein the second function further comprises cyclical oscillations, wherein the cyclical oscillations comprise one of the plurality of regions of decreased energy output generally followed by one of the plurality of regions of increased energy output and one of the plurality of regions of increased energy output generally followed by one of the plurality of regions of decreased energy output;
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- directing the combustion engine of the tractor-trailer to output energy according to the second energy output over the time period to conserve energy,
- wherein the computer system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.