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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Eugene A. Smith, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Mark Wayne Wheeler, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Lawrence R. Waldo, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Rabi N. Ratnesar, Orlando, FL (US);
James Kelley, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Eugene A. Smith, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Mark Wayne Wheeler, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Lawrence R. Waldo, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Rabi N. Ratnesar, Orlando, FL (US);
James Kelley, West Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for linking together three or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system, the method includes identifying a first linking protocol between at least a first powered system and a second powered system, determining whether at least a third powered system is compatible with the first linking protocol, if not compatible, switching to at least a second linking protocol to find a common linking protocol between the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third powered system, and linking the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third power system to operate in a distributed power configuration when the common linking protocol is found. A system and a computer software code linking together two or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system are also disclosed.