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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Venkata Prasad Atluri, Novi, MI (US);
Ian J. Sutherland, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Paul M. Najt, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Chandra S. Namuduri, Troy, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a battery system including a plurality of batteries and configured to be selectively coupled to and charged by a renewable energy source and selectively coupled to and charged by a power grid. The system further includes a DC bus shared by a plurality of loads and an energy management system connected between the battery system and the plurality of loads. The energy management system is configured to selectively connect individual ones of the plurality of batteries to at least one of the plurality of loads via the DC bus, selectively connect the battery system to the power grid and disconnect the battery system from the power grid, and selectively connect at least one of the plurality of loads directly to the power grid.