Powersecure, Inc.

Bloom Energy Corporation

Marshall Worth

Arne Watson Ballantine

Ranganathan Gurunathan

Prasad Pmsvvsv

Rajesh Gopinath

Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan

Robert Harris

Camilo Calderon

Keith Klaus

Ruben Otero-De-Leon

Joaquin Aguerre

Bryan Daniels

Chaitanya Mandela

A power generation system includes a power source that is configured to communicate with at least one of a downstream load or a downstream device by changing a voltage on a power bus between the power source and the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device, while power source provides power on the power bus to the at least one of the downstream load or the downstream device.

Power source communication with downstream device by changing output voltage on a power bus

Provided are methods and apparatus for controlling an energy supply system. In an example the energy supply system includes a battery. In an example, provided is a computer-implemented method for controlling a battery. At least a portion of the method can be performed by a computing device including a processor. The method can include (i) creating, using a machine-learning model, a load prediction curve for a load for a current day, (ii) analyzing, to control peak energy use from an electric power source at a specific time, the load prediction curve to identify the specific time and a respective quantity of energy to transfer between the battery and a bus coupled between the electric power source and the load, and (iii) generating a battery controller input based on the identified respective quantity of energy to transfer. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for controlling an energy supply system

A fault-current limiting device having an input voltage node configured to receive a first voltage signal from an energy source, such as a battery, and an input reference node configured to receive a reference signal from the energy source. The device further includes a first switch coupled between the input voltage node and an output voltage node and a second switch coupled between the input reference node and an output reference node. The device further includes a current sensor circuit coupled to the output voltage node and coupled respectively to the first switch and the second switch wherein the current sensor circuit is configured to open the first and second switches in response to sensing a current signal at the output voltage node that exceeds a threshold current (e.g., a transient fault current).

Fault current limiter for energy storage systems

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