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Reducing conversion losses and minimizing load via appliance level distributed storage

US10630099B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

International Business Machines Corporation · US
Universiti Brunei Darussalam · BN

Inventors

Zainul Charbiwala · Bengaluru, IN
Sunil Ghai · Bengaluru, IN
Devasenapathi P. Seetharamakrish · Bengaluru, IN
Swarnalatha Mylavarapu · Bengaluru, IN
Lim Chee Ming · Vincent Street, BN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S20/248
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for reducing conversion losses and minimizing load via appliance level distributed storage. A method includes identifying an alternating current power source associated with a direct current-powered device, determining a storage scheme for storing direct current power, converted from alternating current power input from the identified alternating current power source, in a local storage component associated with the direct current-powered device, and managing output of direct current power to the direct current-powered device based on the storage scheme and the identified alternating current power source.

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