Optimized power management for a transport climate control energy source

A transport electrical system for powering a transport climate control system, the transport electrical system comprising:

• a transport climate control load network that includes a plurality of transport climate control loads that use power to operate the transport climate control system;
• and
• an optimized power converter that provides power to one or more transport climate control loads of the transport climate control load network, the optimized power converter including:
• an optimized DC/DC converter connected between a rechargeable energy storage of the transport electrical system that provides DC power and an inverter/active rectifier, wherein the optimized DC/DC converter is configured to only boost a voltage level when current is directed from the rechargeable energy storage to the inverter/active rectifier and is configured to only buck a voltage level when current is directed from the inverter/active rectifier to the rechargeable energy storage, and
• the inverter/active rectifier connected to the optimized DC/DC converter,
• wherein the optimized power converter is configured to operate in a charging mode and a discharge mode,
• wherein when the optimized power converter is operating in the charging mode, the inverter/active rectifier is configured to convert three phase AC power into DC power, and the optimized power converter is configured to buck the DC power to a voltage level that is acceptable for charging the rechargeable energy storage, and
• wherein when the optimized power converter is operating in the discharge mode, the optimized DC/DC converter is configured to boost voltage from the rechargeable energy storage, and the inverter/active rectifier is configured to convert boosted DC power into three phase AC power for powering the one or more transport climate control loads.