Vehicle-based microgrid having dynamically addable and removable battery systems
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLan Yu, Michael W. Degner
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Abstract
A vehicle-based microgrid includes a controller and a vehicle having a power source and a network. The controller is operable to operate the power source to supply power to the network for consumption by loads on the network and to adjust operation of the power source in supplying power to the network upon a battery source being added to the network. The power source may be (i) a traction battery, (ii) an electrical generator, or (iii) a non-traction battery. The battery source may be (i) a battery that is on-board the vehicle and that is not the power source or (ii) a battery that is off board the vehicle.
Claims17
A vehicle-based microgrid comprising:
- a vehicle having a power source and a network, the network including an infrastructure enabling one or more battery sources to be added to the network while power is being distributed across the network;
- a battery source added on-board the vehicle while power is being distributed across the network;
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- a controller operable to operate the power source to supply power to the network for consumption by loads on the network and to adjust operation of the power source in supplying power to the network upon the battery source being added to the network and to operate the battery source to supply power to the network to account for adjusted operation of the power source whereby the power supplied to the network for consumption by the loads on the network is unchanged.
A method for a vehicle-based microgrid having a vehicle including a power source, a network, and a controller, the network including an infrastructure enabling one or more battery sources to be added to the network while power is being distributed across the network, the method comprising:
- operating, by the controller, the power source to supply power to the network for consumption by loads on the network;
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- upon a battery source being added on-board the vehicle while power is being distributed across the network, adjusting, by the controller, operation of the power source in supplying power to the network upon the battery source being added to the network and operating, by the controller, the battery source to supply power to the network to account for the adjusted operation of the power source whereby the power supplied to the network for consumption by the loads on the network is unchanged.
A vehicle comprising:
- a power source;
- a network including an infrastructure enabling one or more battery sources to be added to the network while power is being distributed across the network;
- a battery source added on-board the vehicle while power is being distributed across the network;
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- a controller operable to operate the power source to supply power to the network for consumption by loads on the network and to adjust operation of the power source in supplying power to the network upon the battery source being added to the network and to operate the battery source to supply power to the network to account for adjusted operation of the power source whereby the power supplied to the network for consumption by the loads on the network is unchanged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.