Direct current power pooling
First Claim
1. A DC power pooling system comprising:
- a plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities, each of said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities having at least a first operative mode in which it may provide more electrical power than it consumes and a second operative mode in which it may consume more electrical power than it provides;
DC electrical power interconnections, interconnecting said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities and permitting electrical power flow thereto and therefrom; and
at least one pooling controller operative to vary at least one of voltage, output impedance and current of electrical power provided by at least one of said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a DC power pooling system comprising: a plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities, each of the plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities having at least a first operative mode in which it may provide more electrical power than it consumes and a second operative mode in which it may consume more electrical power than it provides; DC electrical power interconnections, interconnecting the plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities and permitting electrical power flow thereto and therefrom; and at least one pooling controller operative to vary at least one of voltage, output impedance and current of electrical power provided by at least one of the plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities.
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40 Claims
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1. A DC power pooling system comprising:
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a plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities, each of said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities having at least a first operative mode in which it may provide more electrical power than it consumes and a second operative mode in which it may consume more electrical power than it provides;
DC electrical power interconnections, interconnecting said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities and permitting electrical power flow thereto and therefrom; and
at least one pooling controller operative to vary at least one of voltage, output impedance and current of electrical power provided by at least one of said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of DC power pooling comprising:
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providing a plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities, each of said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities having at least a first operative mode in which it may provide more electrical power than it consumes and a second operative mode in which it may consume more electrical power than it provides;
providing at least one pooling controller;
interconnecting said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities thereby permitting electrical power flow thereto and therefrom; and
varying at least one of voltage, output impedance and current of electrical power provided by at least one of said plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities in response to an output of said at least one pooling controller thereby enabling DC power pooling. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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