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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Wolfgang Daum, Erie, PA (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Steven James Gray, Erie, PA (US);
David Ducharme, McKean, PA (US);
Ed Hall, Fairview, PA (US);
Eric Dillen, Edinboro, PA (US);
Roy Primus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ajith Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Erie, PA (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Steven James Gray, Erie, PA (US);
David Ducharme, McKean, PA (US);
Ed Hall, Fairview, PA (US);
Eric Dillen, Edinboro, PA (US);
Roy Primus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ajith Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for determining the configuration of a diesel powered system having at least one diesel-fueled power generating unit, the method including a step for determining a minimum power required from the diesel powered system in order to accomplish a specified mission, and a step for determining an operating condition of the diesel-fueled power generating unit such that the minimum power requirement is satisfied while yielding at least one of lower fuel consumption and lower emissions for the diesel powered system.