Auxiliary Power System for an Agricultural Baler with Feedforward Control

An agricultural baler, comprising:

• a main bale chamber;
• a plunger reciprocally movable within the main bale chamber through a compression stroke and a return stroke, the plunger having a duty cycle with a maximum power requirement, a minimum power requirement, and an average power requirement over the duty cycle;
• a flywheel associated with the movement of the plunger;
• a driveline associated with the flywheel and couplable with a power take-off (PTO) of a traction unit;
• and
• an auxiliary power system coupled with the driveline, the auxiliary power system including:
• a power indicator providing a plurality of output signals, each output signal representing a parameter associated with power usage during the duty cycle of the plunger;
• a power device for receiving power from or transferring power to the driveline;
• and
• an electrical processing circuit coupled with the power indicator and the power device, the electrical processing circuit configured for receiving each of the plurality of output signals and controlling operation of the power device based at least one output signal from at least one previous duty cycle.