Power supply device and driving method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang-youn SEO
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Abstract
A power supply device and a driving method thereof which produces and supplies electric energy from ecology-friendly “green” energy sources. The power supply device collects green energy and supplies power to a load, and includes: a main power source unit that includes a collection unit for collecting green energy and generate electric energy therefrom, a converter which converts the electric energy from the collection unit into a predetermined electric energy level and a battery unit that stores the electric energy converted by the converter and supplies power to the load; and an auxiliary power source unit that supports the main power source unit and supplies power to the load. Maximum energy may be collected from green energy sources and generate maximum amounts of electric energy.
Claims18
A power supply device that collects energy from a green energy source and supplies power to a load, said power supply device comprising:
- a main power source unit including:
- a collection unit for collecting energy from a green energy source and generating electric energy therefrom,
- a converter for converting the electric energy supplied by the collection unit into a predetermined electric energy level,
- a battery unit which stores the electric energy converted by the converter and supplies power to the load;
- and
- an auxiliary power source unit that supports the main power source unit that supplies auxiliary power to the load,
- wherein the green energy source from which the collection unit collects green energy includes at least one of solar heat, wind, and terrestrial heat.
A driving method of a power source device which collects green energy comprising at least one of solar heat, wind, and terrestrial heat and supplies power to a load, the driving method comprising:
- collecting green energy from a green energy source to generate electric energy and converting the electric energy into a predetermined electric energy level to store the energy;
- supplying the stored electric energy to the load;
- and
- supporting the stored electric energy and supplying auxiliary energy to the load when auxiliary energy is required to be supplied to the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.