A power converter and management system for providing energy to a pulsating load

A power converter and management system for providing energy to a pulsating load, comprising:

• an up-converter for converting a primary battery power source voltage to a higher voltage on a storage capacitor thereby storing energy in the storage capacitor for providing energy to a single pulse load of the pulsating load;
• a limiter for limiting a current drawn by the up-converter, from the primary power source voltage, to a maximum current setting;
• a down-converter for converting the storage capacitor voltage to a lower operating voltage, wherein the lower operating voltage is provided to the single pulse load of the pulsating load thereby consuming energy stored in the storage capacitor and thereby leaving a residual storage voltage at the storage capacitor;
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• an energy optimizer, comprising:
• (i) a voltage measurer configured to measure the residual storage voltage at the storage capacitor after energy in the storage capacitor has been consumed by the single pulse load of the pulsating load;
• (ii) a comparer configured to compare the measured residual storage voltage against a predetermined target voltage thereby defining a delta voltage;
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• (iii) a controller configured to control the up-converter such that the amount of energy to be stored in the storage capacitor is controlled such that the delta voltage is lowered for a subsequent pulse of said pulsating load.