The present disclosure provides an energy transmission method, an energy router and an operation control device thereof, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of energy network technology. The energy router of the present disclosure includes a plurality of ports configured to perform at least one of receiving or sending energy and PLC data, energy transmission switches, each of the energy transmission switches is configured to control open and closed states of one port of, and a routing processor configured to determine an energy transmission path according to the PLC data and stored routing information, determine a corresponding port associated with the energy transmission path, and turn on an energy transmission switch of the corresponding port, for the energy outputting from the corresponding port.

An autonomous driving control system is configured to perform autonomous driving of a vehicle. The autonomous driving control system includes: an electric power supply circuit including a plurality of electric power supplies, electric power supply lines respectively belonging to a plurality of systems and a relay device; a fault detector configured to detect a fault state of the relay device; an electric power supply controller configured to control the electric power supply circuit; and an autonomous driving control unit provided to control the autonomous driving of the vehicle. The autonomous driving control unit is configured to perform, upon detection by the fault detector of occurrence of a fault corresponding to a specific fault pattern in the relay device, a restricted autonomous driving control in which part of a control function of the autonomous driving is restricted compared to when no fault corresponding to the specific fault pattern is detected.

An electrically powered rotary-wing aircraft with a first predetermined number of thrust producing units and a second predetermined number of batteries. Each one of the first predetermined number of thrust producing units may include a rotor, and an electrical drive unit with at least two electric motors. Each battery of the second predetermined number of batteries is coupled to at most one electric motor of the at least two electric motors of at least one of the first predetermined number of thrust producing units, and each electric motor of the at least one of the first predetermined number of thrust producing units is coupled to at most one of the second predetermined number of batteries.

An energy storage system and a switching power supply thereof are provided in the present disclosure. An alternating current AC input terminal of the switching power supply is connected to an AC power source via a protection fuse unit. A direct current DC input terminal of the switching power supply is connected to an energy storage unit in the energy storage system via a protection fuse unit. An output terminal of the switching power supply is connected to a master control unit in the energy storage system and an additional load in the energy storage system. Therefore, the switching power supply can receive electric energy from at least one of the energy storage unit and the AC power source, and supply power to the master control unit and the additional load in the energy storage system.

A voltage stabilizing module for multi power source input is compatible with multiple input power sources including DC power source and/or AC power source and comprises a plurality of receiving ends, a power source selection unit and a voltage conversion unit. The receiving ends receive the input power sources. The power source selection unit is coupled with the receiving ends to receive the input power sources and sets at least one of the input power sources as a working power source. The voltage conversion unit receives the working power source and keeps the working power source at a working voltage level to act as a voltage signal outputted to a loading.

A power distribution grid for a facility, such as a data center, is located within the facility. The power distribution grid includes a plurality of power transport elements arranged in a grid pattern and nodes located at intersections of the grid pattern. Electrical loads are supplied power via respective nodes of the power distribution grid. Also, each node is supplied power from more than two transport elements, such that one or more transport elements can fail and electrical loads connected to a particular node associated with the failed transport elements continue to receive electrical power supplied to the particular node from at least two different transport elements.

An internal voltage generation circuit of a smart card to perform fingerprint authentication and a smart card includes a first contact switch, a second contact switch, a switched capacitor converter and a bidirectional switched capacitor converter. The first contact switch selectively switches a contact voltage to a first node based on a first switching enable signal, in a contact mode. The second contact switch selectively switches the contact voltage to a second node based on a second switching enable signal, in the contact mode. The bidirectional switched capacitor converter steps down a first driving voltage of the first node to provide a second voltage to the second node in the contactless mode and either steps down the first driving voltage or boosts a second driving voltage of the second node based on a level of the contact voltage to provide a boosted voltage to the first node in the contact mode.

A power distribution unit (PDU) for use with an electrically powered accessory is disclosed. The PDU includes at least one power input configured to receive electrical power from an electrical supply equipment and/or a second power source. The PDU also includes an accessory power interface configured to provide power to the electrically powered accessory. The PDU further includes a vehicle power interface configured to provide power to a vehicle electrical system of the vehicle. Also the PDU includes at least one switch configured to selectively connect the at least one power input to a power bus, and selectively connect the power bus to at least one of the accessory power interface and the vehicle power interface. The PDU also includes a controller configured to control the at least one switch to provide power to the electrically powered accessory and/or the vehicle electrical storage device of the vehicle electrical system.

A dual-voltage charging station system for an alternating current (“AC”) power supply and a mobile platform having a charging port includes a charge coupler, an AC-to-DC conversion stage, a cable, and a controller. The charge coupler has AC pins and direct current (“DC”) pins configured to engage with respective AC and DC receptacles of the charging port. The conversion stage is connected to the charge coupler and the AC power supply, converts the supply voltage to a DC charging voltage, and relays an appropriate AC or DC accessory voltage. The cable connects to the charge coupler such that the AC pins receive the accessory voltage and the DC pins receive the DC charging voltage. The controller simultaneously delivers the accessory voltage and the DC voltage to the mobile platform via the AC pins and the DC pins, respectively.

The present invention relates to a power management and distribution device (4) for powering personal electronic devices via outlet units (6a, 6b) at passenger seats in an airplane cabin, wherein the power management and distribution device (4) comprises a first interface (12) for receiving electrical supply power (10) from a master control unit (2) connected to a primary power source (3), a second interface (14) for supplying electrical supply power (10) received at said first interface (12) to another power management and distribution device (4i), a third interface (16) for supplying electrical supply power (10) received at said first interface (12) to the personal electronic devices via the outlet units (6a, 6b), and a control unit (18) configured to control the electrical outlet power (20) drawn by the personal electronic devices via the outlet units (6a, 6b). Further, the present invention relates to a power management and distribution system (1) comprising such a device, and to a method for managing and distributing power in an airplane cabin.