Method for operating a vessel
AssigneeC-Mar Group Holdings Ltd.
InventorsPaul F. Rembach, Greg Castleman
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Abstract
A method for operating a vessel is provided. The method can include determining the most efficient power source from a plurality of power sources for operating the vessel. The power sources can include a battery bank and an AC power source. The method can also include drawing power from the most efficient power source to operate the vessel; harvesting energy from electrical rotating sources; monitoring the battery bank; and charging the battery bank when a state of charge of the battery bank drops below a predetermined state of charge, wherein the charging is performed using the harvested energy, the AC power source, an external power source, or a combination thereof.
Claims18
A method for operating a vessel, wherein the method comprises:
- a. determining the most efficient power source from a plurality of power sources for operating the vessel, wherein the power sources include a battery bank and an AC power source;
- b. drawing power from the most efficient power source to operate the vessel;
- c. harvesting energy from electrical rotating sources;
- d. monitoring the battery bank;
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- e. charging the battery bank when a state of charge of the battery bank drops below a predetermined state of charge, wherein the charging is performed using the harvested energy, the AC power source, an external power source, or a combination thereof.
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