Operating a machine includes supplying electric power from a fuel cell to a power bus connected to an electric motor and an energy storage device in a machine operated at a work site, and determining an expected efficiency gain condition based on at least one of terrain data of the work site or machine activity data of the machine. Operating a machine further includes prognostically limiting a power output of the fuel cell based on the determining an expected efficiency gain condition, and charging the energy storage device during occurrence of the expected efficiency gain condition using at least one of a regenerative energy device or the fuel cell. The energy storage device may be discharged during prognostically limiting a power output of the fuel cell so as to share a load demand of the power bus between the fuel cell and the energy storage device. Related apparatus and control logic is also disclosed.

An electrical power system is provided. The electrical power system involves a battery powered motor which in turn generates electricity using a primary generator and a secondary generator. The secondary generator provides a recycle electricity to the battery, while the primary generator provides an electrical output for powering electrical devices.

A rotating system includes a motor including a shaft, an impeller configured to rotate with the shaft and located in a path of air, an alternator including a rotor configured to rotate with the shaft; and at least one secondary battery configured to be charged by the alternator. Rotation of the shaft is configured to be driven by either the motor or the impeller.

A power generation system of the invention includes: generator (11), secondary battery (12) and control unit (13). The control unit (13) discharges secondary battery (12) to supply electric power from secondary battery (12) to load (20) when the state of charge of secondary battery (12) has reached the upper limit capacity, activates generator (11) so as to supply part of the power from the generator to load (20) while charging secondary battery (12) with surplus power when the state of charge reaches the lower limit capacity, and stops generator (11) and switches the power supply source for load (20) from generator (11) to secondary battery (12) when the state of charge reaches the upper limit capacity, whereby the control unit keeps generator (11) at the maximum power generation efficiency or at the rated output when generator (11) is being operated.

A vehicle system including a plurality of alternators with a common electrical connection interface having at least one connector and a digital communication connector through which a processor communicates with the alternators. Input signals received at the at least one connector are unique for each alternator under normal and unimpaired operating conditions. Upon wakeup of an alternator, the alternator assesses the input signals and whether the address of the alternator is frozen. If the address is not frozen, the status of at least one operating parameter is assessed to determine if a predefined requirement is satisfied. If the predefined requirement is satisfied, the alternator is assigned an address based upon the input signals at the at least one connector and the address is frozen. The alternator can detect faults by determining if the input signals at the least one connector agree with the frozen address of the alternator.

This disclosure describes at least embodiments of an aircraft monitoring system for an electric or hybrid airplane. The aircraft monitoring system can be constructed to enable the electric or hybrid aircraft to pass certification requirements relating to a safety risk analysis. The aircraft monitoring system can have different subsystems for monitoring and alerting of failures of components, such as a power source for powering an electric motor, of the electric or hybrid aircraft. The failures that pose a greater safety risk may be monitored and indicated by one or more subsystems without use of programmable components.

A power system architecture includes a prime mover, a plurality of single phase permanent magnet generators mechanically coupled to the prime mover, a DC power bus including a plurality of DC power storage components, each of the DC energy storage components being electrically connected to at least one of the single phase permanent magnet generators, a plurality of state of charge calculators, each of the state of charge calculators being connected to one of the DC energy storage component and being communicatively coupled to a generator control unit, and wherein the generator control unit is configured to independently control each of the single phase permanent magnet generators.

A method of controlling power transfer in a power system including a main bus, having a first and second bus sections, the first bus section connectable to the second bus section, first and second power generating units connectable to the first and second bus sections, a first and second drive systems connectable to the first and second bus sections, a central energy storage system, and a control system. The first and second drive systems include first and second bi-directional power converters connectable to the central energy storage system, and wherein the control system is arranged to control the first bi-directional power converter to transfer power from the first drive system to the central energy storage system, and to control the second bi-directional power converter to transfer power from the central energy storage system to the second drive system.

A wireless sensor network sensor network charging method for multi-charge nodes, including the following steps: (1) establishing a WSNs model; (2) dividing field ranges of charging trolleys; and (3) charging the charging trolleys: (a) initializing: l=0 and j=0, wherein l is the total number of received alarm nodes, and j is the serial number of an alarmed node; (b) receiving an alarm signal, updating values of l and j, generating a shortest charging path s.sub.l, and computing an energy discriminate vector; (c) if a vector element satisfies Q.sub.lj≦5% B and j=1, 2, . . . , l, then executing a charging task on l alarm nodes according to the shortest charging path s.sub.l corresponded thereby, otherwise, returning to continuously update the values of l and j; (d) executing the charging task; and (e) determining whether the charging trolleys are required to go back to a parking lot for recharging, enabling the charging trolleys to go back to the parking lot for recharging if yes, and otherwise, returning to continuously update the values of l and j and the vector element Q.sub.lj.

Aircraft power and propulsion systems and methods of operating the systems, one method includes: operating electric machines of gas turbine engines as generators to extract mechanical power from spools and generating electrical power therefrom; meeting an electrical power demand of a plurality of electrical loads connected with an electrical system by supplying the plurality of electrical loads with electrical power generated by the electric machines; determining when there is an electrical system and/or the gas turbine engine fault and an amount of electrical power generated by the power and propulsion system is reduced to a lower level; and responsive to the determination: during a time period ΔT, controlling the plurality of electrical loads reducing the electrical power demand; and during the time period ΔT, meeting at least part of the electrical power demand of the plurality of electrical loads by discharging the electrical energy storage system.