Adaptive low voltage disconnect controller, method of protecting a battery and a power system manager
US8148948B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J7/00306
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided herein is a controller for a low voltage disconnect (LVD), a method of protecting and providing a maximum or substantially maximum battery reserve coupled to a DC load bus and a power system manager. In one embodiment, the LVD controller includes an adaptive disconnect system configured to determine a variable LVD threshold voltage value and instruct the LVD to disconnect a battery reserve from a DC load bus based thereon. The variable LVD threshold voltage is determined based on a current of the battery reserve during a battery-discharge event.
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