Solar charged hybrid power system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRobert Jay Louch, Donald Charles Franks
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Abstract
A solar powered hybrid power system including a solar charge collector; a charge storage system comprising at least a first charge storage device adapted to receive and store charge from said solar charge collector; wherein said charge storage system further comprises a power electronic circuit selectively connectable to at least a second charge storage device, said power electronic circuit adapted to transfer said stored charge to said at least a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level.
Claims14
A method for operating a solar powered hybrid power system comprising:
- collecting solar charge;
- providing said solar charge to a first charge storage device at a predetermined voltage level to accumulate a first predetermined stored charge level in said first charge storage device;
- and,
- selectively providing said stored charge from said first charge storage device to a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level upon determining that the first charge storage device has accumulated said first predetermined charge level, said second charge storage device at a higher operating voltage level than said first charge storage device.
A method for operating a solar powered hybrid power system comprising:
- collecting solar charge;
- providing said solar charge to a first charge storage device through a power electronic circuit at a predetermined voltage level to accumulate a first predetermined stored charge level in said first charge storage device;
- and,
- selectively providing said stored charge from said first charge storage device to a second charge storage device at a selectable voltage level through said power electronic circuit upon determining that the first charge storage device has accumulated said first predetermined charge level, said Second charge storage device at a higher operating voltage level than said first charge storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.