Operation of rail vehicles to limit power peaks in an electrical supply

    公开(公告)号:US11760392B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US17089782

    申请日:2020-11-05

    发明人: Andrea Mazzone

    摘要: A rail vehicle is configured for extracting electrical energy from a power supply external to the vehicle and has at least one electrical energy storage unit. In a first operating mode, the rail vehicle travels by means of energy extracted from the power supply and without energy from the energy storage unit. In a second operating mode, the rail vehicle travels, at least in part, by means of energy from the energy storage unit and/or at reduced traction power in comparison to the first operating mode. The rail vehicle includes a controller set up for activating the first or the second operating mode, as a function of an upper consumption limit, which defines the permissible upper limit of the power that can be extracted from the power supply. The upper consumption limit is established in a variable manner so as to prevent power peaks in the power supply.

    ELECTRIC CHARGING CENTER WITH FAST-CHARGING STATIONS
    4.
    发明申请
    ELECTRIC CHARGING CENTER WITH FAST-CHARGING STATIONS 审中-公开
    带充电站的充电中心

    公开(公告)号:US20150328999A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-19

    申请号:US14388163

    申请日:2013-03-20

    IPC分类号: B60L11/18

    摘要: An electric-vehicle charging facility is disclosed having at least one load-cycling-resistant energy-storage device. The electric-vehicle charging facility comprises at least one fast-charging station, hooked up to the AC power supply system that is connected via a transfer point to the general power grid, and comprises at least one load-cycling-resistant energy-storage device having an energy-storage device control unit, whereby the load-cycling-resistant energy-storage device is connected via an AC/DC transformer to the AC power supply system the electric-vehicle charging facility in order to store energy drawn from the general power grid and in order to deliver electric energy to the AC power supply system of the electric-vehicle charging facility response to the demand.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种电动车辆充电设施,其具有至少一个耐负载循环的能量储存装置。 电动车辆充电设施包括至少一个快速充电站,其连接到经由转移点连接到一般电网的AC电力供应系统,并且包括至少一个负载循环阻力的能量存储装置 具有能量存储装置控制单元,其中耐负荷循环的能量存储装置经由AC / DC变压器连接到AC电源系统的电动车辆充电设施,以便存储从一般功率中抽取的能量 并且为了向电动车辆充电设备的交流电源系统递送电能响应于需求。

    Energy Storage System with Fuel Gas
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240123849A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18276521

    申请日:2022-02-09

    申请人: Gravitricity Ltd

    摘要: An energy storage system having a first, gravity-based energy storage sub-system having at least one weight movable between a first upper position and a second lower position defining a vertical displacement and a second energy storage sub-system comprising a vessel for storage of a pressurized fuel gas has an electrical input/output connection with an external power system and at least one of: a fuel gas inlet for supply of a fuel gas to the energy storage system from an external fuel gas supply or network; and a fuel gas outlet for supply of a fuel gas from the energy storage system to an external fuel gas user or network, and/or has at least one of: a gas to power conversion arrangement for converting energy from fuel gas to electrical energy for storage in the first energy storage sub-system or export to an external power system via the electrical output connection; and a power to gas conversion arrangement for converting electrical energy to a fuel gas for storage in the second energy storage sub-system or export to an external fuel gas user or network via a fuel gas outlet, where a control system is configured to control cooperative or complimentary operation of the first and second energy storage sub-systems according to the requirements of the external power system and/or external fuel gas network or user. The system as defined enable energy storage (charge) and discharge of the system linked to an external power system such as an electricity grid to store energy using a gravity-based storage arrangement to make use of its rapid response time and rapid charge/discharge speed, while providing an enhanced capacity of energy storage.