Refrigeration system and energy storage device interface
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorXuQiang Liao
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Abstract
A transportation refrigeration system configured for use with a vehicle having a vehicle energy storage device that stores electrical power for a propulsion motor that propels the vehicle, the transportation refrigeration system including: a transportation refrigeration unit; an energy storage device electrically connected to the transportation refrigeration unit, the energy storage device configured to store electrical power to power the transportation refrigeration unit; and a power management system electrically connected to the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device, wherein the power management system is configured to apportion electricity between the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device.
Claims20
A transportation refrigeration system configured for use with a vehicle having a vehicle energy storage device that stores electrical power for a propulsion motor that propels the vehicle, the transportation refrigeration system comprising:
- a transportation refrigeration unit;
- an energy storage device electrically connected to the transportation refrigeration unit, the energy storage device configured to store electrical power to power the transportation refrigeration unit;
- and
- a power management system electrically connected to the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device, wherein the power management system is configured to apportion electricity between the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device.
A transportation refrigeration unit, comprising:
- a power management system electrically connected to a vehicle energy storage device of a vehicle and an energy storage device of the transportation refrigeration unit, wherein the power management system is configured to apportion electricity between the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device,
- wherein the energy storage device is configured to store electrical power to power the transportation refrigeration unit, and
- wherein the vehicle energy storage device is electrically connected to a propulsion motor of the vehicle, the vehicle energy storage device being configured to store electrical power to power the propulsion motor.
A method of operating a transportation refrigeration unit, the method comprising:
- obtaining a state of charge of an electrical storage device, the energy storage device being configured to store electrical power to power the transportation refrigeration unit;
- obtaining a state of charge of a vehicle electrical storage device, the vehicle energy storage device being electrically connected to a propulsion motor of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle energy storage device being configured to store electrical power to power the propulsion motor;
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- apportioning electricity between the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device in response to the state of charge of the electrical storage device and the state of charge of the vehicle electrical storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.