The present disclosure relates to a wireless neutral current sensor (WNCS) for monitoring a neutral cable of a capacitor bank. The WNCS may include a power storage device that provides power to allow the WNCS to send a test signal to a capacitor bank controller (CBC) of the capacitor bank to confirm operation of the WNCS during commissioning. The WNCS may include processing and communication circuitry that, during operation, detects an electrical characteristic on the neutral cable. The processing and communication circuitry may provide a message indicating the electrical characteristic to the CBC.

A wireless Internet of things (IoT) tag and a method for measuring energy-charging rate of the energy harvester is provided. The wireless IoT includes at least one antenna configured to harvest an ambient energy; an energy harvester coupled to the at least one antenna; an energy storage coupled to the energy harvester and configured to store harvested energy; and an energy detector configured to the energy storage, wherein the energy detector is configured to measure an energy-charging rate of the energy harvester.

A load operating device includes a power supply device which is detachable from a load and can supply power to the load in a state of being attached to the load and an electrical connection device which is provided integrally with the load and electrically connects the power supply device and the load in a state where the power supply device is attached to the load. The power supply device has a capacitor which stores power to be supplied to the load and a processing unit in which a power supply circuit from the capacitor to the processing unit via the electrical connection device is established in a state where the power supply device is electrically connected to the electrical connection device.

This application is directed to an apparatus for providing electrical charge to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a driven mass configured to rotate in response to a kinetic energy of the vehicle, the driven mass coupled to a shaft, where rotation of the driven mass causes the shaft to rotate. The apparatus further comprises a hardware controller. The hardware controller identifies output power parameters for the vehicle and generate a control signal based on the identified output power parameters for the vehicle. The apparatus also comprises a generator that generates an electrical output based on a mechanical input and a conditioning circuit electrically coupled to the generator. The conditioning circuit receives the electrical output from the generator and the control signal from the hardware controller, generates a charge output based on the electrical output and the control signal, and conveys the charge output to the vehicle.

A voltage measurement unit measures voltages of the plurality of cells connected in series. A plurality of discharge circuits are connected in parallel to the plurality of cells, respectively. A controller controls, based on the voltages of the plurality of cells detected by voltage measurement unit, the plurality of discharge circuits to make the voltages or capacities of the plurality of cells equal to a target value. The controller determines a number of cells to be discharged among the plurality of cells in accordance with an allowable temperature of a substrate having the plurality of discharge circuits.

A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle includes first and second subsystems, each connected to at least one energy source. The first and second subsystems have different voltage levels. At least one safety-relevant load is connected to one of the subsystems, this subsystem having two partial systems, and the load being connected to both partial systems so that the load is connected to the energy source of the subsystem via two separate supply lines. A power module, which connects the two subsystems to each other and is designed such that each of the two supply lines can be connected to both energy sources so that the load can be supplied from both energy sources via both supply lines. There is also described a corresponding power module.

There is provided a transformer system (10) for converting a grid voltage (V.sub.grid) to a regulated voltage (V.sub.regulated) and output the regulated voltage (V.sub.regulated) to a power line (30), the transformer system (10) comprising: a first transformer (40) configured to step down the grid voltage (V.sub.grid) to an unregulated voltage (V.sub.unregulated) and provide the unregulated voltage (V.sub.unregulated) at an output of the first transformer (40); a shunt coupling transformer (50) connected in parallel with the output of the first transformer (40) and further connected to power electronics circuitry (60); and a series coupling transformer (70) connected in series with the output of the first transformer (40) and further connected to the power electronics circuitry (60). The power electronics circuitry (60) adds, via the series coupling transformer, a conditioning voltage (V.sub.conditioning) in series to the unregulated voltage (V.sub.unregulated) to generate the regulated voltage (V.sub.regulated). The first transformer, the series coupling transformer and the shunt coupling transformer are housed in a single transformer tank (80), and the power electronics circuitry is housed in a power electronics enclosure (90) separate from the transformer tank. Each of the transformer tank and the power electronics enclosure comprises one or more openings (95) through which electrical connections (97) between the shunt coupling transformer (50), the series coupling transformer (70) and the power electronics circuitry (60) pass.

The present disclosure includes a system including a power supply unit that provides an output power and a supply status indicating whether the power supply unit is receiving input power. An electronic circuit is coupled to the power supply unit to receive the output power and a standby control circuit controls turning on and off the power supply unit. A power harvesting circuit generates standby power from the supply status and provides the standby power to power the standby control circuit.

A wearable medical device comprising monitoring circuitry to monitor one or more patient parameters of a patient and defibrillation circuitry to provide one or more defibrillation shocks to the patient responsive to a control signal from the monitoring circuitry. The defibrillation circuitry comprises a defibrillation capacitor to provide energy for the one or more defibrillation shocks. The wearable medical device also comprises a power source to provide power to the monitoring circuitry and the defibrillation circuitry. The power source comprises a low current power source (LCPS) to provide power to the monitoring circuitry, and a high current power source (HCPS) to provide power to the defibrillation circuitry.

A system for wireless transmission of power in deep subsurface monitoring includes a casing, an oscillating current source configured to energize the casing, and a wireless telemetry module disposed on the casing. The wireless telemetry module includes a shell, a toroidal antenna disposed within the shell and configured to collect electrical energy from the energized casing, a telemetry transceiver control unit disposed within the shell, a battery pack disposed within the shell, a downhole signal acquisition unit disposed within the shell, and a sensor interface disposed within the shell. The battery pack is configured to store the collected electrical energy. The telemetry transceiver control unit is configured to generate a binary code to drive the toroidal antenna.