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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Dean King, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lembit Salasoo, Schenectady, NY (US);
Dongwoo Song, Latham, NY (US);
Somanath Nagendra, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
Abstract
An energy management system comprises: an energy storage system comprising flywheels and batteries; and an energy storage system controller adapted to cause the flywheels and batteries to store energy during load-supplying periods and to supply energy during load-receiving periods. The flywheels may be situated in respective ones of a plurality of compartments in a vehicle platform, and the batteries may be situated above the flywheels.