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Power system with multiple generator units

  • US 7,876,061 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2007
  • Issued: 01/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a power system of a railroad locomotive, the power system having power-system controls, the method comprising:

  • automatically setting a priority ranking for a plurality of generator units of the power system of the locomotive with the power-system controls based at least in part on an operating parameter of each generator unit indicative of a quantity of energy the generator unit has produced; and

    automatically controlling which of the generator units run with the power- system controls based at least in part on the priority ranking of the generator units.

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