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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Wei Liu, Mississauga, CA;
Nicolas Louis Bouchon, Vancouver, CA;
GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for selecting operating conditions of a genset, the apparatus including a processor circuit configured to select a set of operating points from a plurality of operating points of the genset each comprising an engine speed in a generator electrical output value and a plurality of cost values associated with operating the genset at respective operating points such that the sum of the cost values associated with the operating points in said set is minimized and such that the engine speed increases or decreases monotonically with monotonically increasing or decreasing electrical power output values.