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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Anurag Jagota, Plano, TX (US);
Roy J. Davis, Rowlett, TX (US);
Vijayan J. Thottuvelil, Addison, TX (US);
Anurag Jagota, Plano, TX (US);
Roy J. Davis, Rowlett, TX (US);
Vijayan J. Thottuvelil, Addison, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a DC plant controller and methods of selecting among multiple power sources. In one embodiment, the DC plant controller includes: (1) a source identifier configured to identify power sources couplable to a common DC bus, (2) a source prioritizer coupled to the source identifier and configured to prioritize the power sources based on at least one criterion, (3) an output characteristic assigner coupled to the source prioritizer and configured to place ones of the power sources on standby based on a calculated battery holdup time.