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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2020
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Khurram K. Afridi, Ithaca, NY (US);
Mausamjeet Khatua, Ithaca, NY (US);
Saad Pervaiz, Denver, CO (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and method herein provide for energy buffering. In one embodiment, a system includes an energy buffer comprising at least two energy storage elements. Each energy storage element is operable to buffer electrical energy. The system also includes a switch module operable to charge a first of the at least two energy storage elements while discharging a second of the at least two energy storage elements, and to discharge the first energy storage element while charging the second energy storage element after charging the first energy storage element. The switched charging of the energy storage elements compensates voltage variations between the energy storage elements to increase available electrical energy from the energy buffer.