1362results about "Electric propulsion" patented technology

A system and method in at least one embodiment provides the means for conditioning batteries for increased battery capacity, battery runtime, reduced battery temperature while charging, and / or reduced battery temperature while in use, using current generated from a generator.

A system in at least one embodiment includes a generator having a disk-pack turbine, a coil array, and a magnet plate. The system in at least one embodiment conditions batteries for increased battery capacity, battery runtime, reduced battery temperature while charging, and / or reduced battery temperature while in use, using current generated from the generator.

A system and method in at least one embodiment provides magnetic levitation to a vehicle above and / or partially about a rail or track using a flux field generator having a plurality of members having mated waveform patterns. In a further embodiment, the magnetic levitation also uses a distribution system. In a further embodiment, the plurality of members forms a disk-pack turbine. In a further embodiment, the flux field generator is not vehicle based.

A system and method in at least one embodiment generates, transmits and distributes a diamagnetic field using a flux field generator and a distribution system. In at least one embodiment, the flux field generator is mounted on a platform or a vehicle. In a further embodiment, the flux field generator is not vehicle based.

The invention provides a high-speed magnetic levitation suspension system control method and system based on edge calculation and Transform prediction, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a Transform prediction model with a space-time attention mechanism and an autoregression mechanism based on obtained local low-delay calculation resources and train real-time sensing data, and deploying the Transform prediction model in a vehicle-mounted edge calculation unit; performing short-term high-precision prediction on the gap, the acceleration and the disturbance trend at a plurality of sampling moments in the future through a Transform prediction model to obtain a prediction result; processing actuator current saturation and gap safety threshold hard constraints in a limited prediction domain by using a model prediction controller, and solving an optimization control sequence in real time in combination with a prediction result; and overlapping a control barrier function as a safety filter of the model prediction controller, correcting the optimized control sequence to obtain an optimal control sequence, and controlling the high-speed magnetic suspension system. According to the method, the cloud communication delay and jitter are reduced, and the robustness and security of the system under uncertain disturbance are improved.

A battery swapping station, comprising: vehicle parking areas (1), two vehicle parking areas being provided; battery compartments (2), a plurality of battery compartments being provided and located between the two vehicle parking areas (1), and at least one of the plurality of battery compartments (2) having a vacant state for waiting for a battery to be placed in; and a grabbing mechanism (3) arranged among the plurality of battery compartments (2), the grabbing mechanism (3) being adapted to place a discharged battery into the vacant battery compartment (2) and mounting a fully-charged battery to a vehicle to be subjected to battery swapping.

A modular structure supports elevated rail segments for delivering electrical power to a moving work machine, such as a hauler at a mining site. Opposite ends of a roadside barrier contain complementary tubular couplers arranged vertically. A lower end of a dielectric post positioned in one of the tubular couplers has opposing dielectric plates at an upper end. A top edge of each plate has a creepage concavity between a pair of rail recesses. Another dielectric post of similar configuration is positioned in the other of the tubular couplers. Holes within the couplers and the posts ensure alignment of respective rail recesses in which conductive rails are placed. Dielectric inserts frictionally lock the rails into the rail recesses.

The invention discloses a guide constraint control method for a maglev high-speed rail under network attacks, and belongs to the field of rail transit. The method adopts a dynamic air gap constraint and boundary layer sectional type continuous adjustment technology to perform anti-network attack control on the maglev high-speed rail guide system: establishing a dynamic mathematical model and a lateral centrifugal force model of the maglev high-speed rail guide system, and further obtaining a state-space equation and a centrifugal force suppression control rate of the maglev high-speed rail guide system; constructing a satellite navigation network attack model of the maglev high-speed rail track and driving information; converting a state-space equation of the magnetic levitation high-speed rail guiding system into a control equation of the magnetic levitation high-speed rail guiding system containing wind shear disturbance and guiding force mismatch matching interference; dynamic constraint control is adopted, a guiding controller is designed, and guiding constraint control over the magnetic levitation high-speed rail under network attacks is achieved. While the starting stability of the maglev high-speed rail is improved, mismatch of the guiding force is rapidly compensated, and stable operation of the maglev high-speed rail is guaranteed.

The invention discloses a suspension control fault detection and recovery method and device for a maglev train and a medium, and relates to the field of maglev trains, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, constructing a linearized suspension system model; s2, reconstructing a state vector, and generating a suspension gap estimation value; s3, constructing a health probe set, and executing a signal selection strategy; s4, detecting a slow change fault based on the statistical accumulation characteristic of the residual error, and outputting a slow change fault detection result; s5, monitoring the variation trend of the residual error, and triggering a reset mechanism to clear historical accumulated data when a reset condition is met; and S6, generating a final fault mark, and forcibly updating the fault mark to a normal state if a reset mechanism is triggered. According to the hierarchical collaborative decision-making architecture based on the maglev train lap joint structure dynamic model, the condition of performance degradation or failure does not occur in a real system by the algorithm, so that the engineering applicability and reliability of fault diagnosis are improved.

A track-based guided transportation system, wherein a vehicle moving along the track-based guideway can operate using an integrated magnetic levitation, suspension and propulsion technology. The vehicles can move aloft with reduced resistance and lower power consumption to attain contact or contactless displacement.

A system for distributing wear on multiple movers in an independent cart system includes a machine learning model executing on a processor. The machine learning model may include models of operation for each of the movers, and the machine learning model is operative to receive multiple inputs for each of the movers. Each of the inputs corresponds to an operating condition for one of the movers as the mover travels along a track for the independent cart system. Each of the inputs are received for each of the movers over multiple runs along the track, and the inputs received generate a training set of data for the movers. A weighting value is determined for each of the movers as a function of the training set of data, where the weighting value corresponds to a level of wear present on each of the movers.

A vessel hybrid combined cycle power and propulsion system includes a steam turbine, a gas turbine, an auxiliary generator, an electric propulsion drive system, and an energy storage system, each connected to an AC bus. The system further includes a source of steam for the steam turbine, a control system for controlling operation of the steam turbine, gas turbine, auxiliary generators, electric drive propulsion system and energy storage system. The primary source of steam for the steam turbine is exhaust gas from the gas turbine. The primary source of gas for the gas turbine is boil off gas from the cargo hold. The AC bus includes a plurality of sections of AC bus coupled together by bus ties closed in normal operation forming a closed ring AC bus. The electric propulsion drive system includes a variable speed drive, driving an electric motor coupled through a drive shaft to a propeller.

A system and method are disclosed enabling the use of electromagnetic engines to traverse a wheeled bogie assembly across a plurality of rails. The electromagnetic engines may be used within a rail assembly comprising four rails and a frog assembly. Further, the electromagnetic engines may be used to traverse between a straight path and a turnout path at a non-moving rail switch having a frog assembly. In one aspect, an algorithm for powering various coils is disclosed wherein the algorithm controls the power level to switch tracks connected to the frog assembly.

A monitoring system having a track; a cart carrying at least one monitoring device and a power supply; and a propulsion system for moving the cart along the track. the monitoring system scanning an area alongside the track.

The invention provides a path quadratic planning method and system in an extreme endurance mode and an electric vehicle, and the method specifically comprises the following steps: after the vehicle enters the extreme endurance mode, turning off the comfort function of the vehicle, finding a minimum energy consumption driving path from a current position to a target position, and starting the driving path from the current position to the target position; and taking the path with the minimum energy consumption as a driving path from the current position to the target position. When the endurance mileage of the vehicle is low, the extreme endurance mode is selected to be started according to the condition that the endurance mileage is insufficient, and in the extreme endurance mode, the driving path with the minimum energy consumption between the current position and the final position or between the current position and the charging station is selected, so that the trouble of a user to the endurance mileage of the vehicle is relieved as much as possible.

A method for harnessing wave energy includes providing a vehicle to a body of water, the vehicle. The method includes submerging the vehicle to a depth in the body of water. The method includes operating the motor-generator of the vehicle in the first quadrant of the motor-generator. The method includes detecting a phase of a wave in the body of water based information from the processor of the detected phase. The method includes orienting the vehicle to lag the phase of the wave based on the detected phase of the wave. The method includes synchronizing an inertial acceleration of the vehicle to movement of the wave. The method includes switching the motor-generator to the second quadrant for generation mode to convert energy from the movement of the wave to electrical energy. The method includes storing the energy from the wave in the rechargeable battery source.

The present invention introduces a computerized system designed for vehicles with magnetic elements to drive over an electromagnetic road propulsion system. This system enables vehicles to drive safely and efficiently while being dynamically recharged. One objective is to extend the range of electric vehicles through the use of mechanical work as an alternative energy source, thereby reducing the frequency of charging stops. The system utilizes electromagnetic forces between the road and the vehicle, facilitated by magnetic sources on both ends, to propel the vehicle forward. A part of this energy is extracted by induction to recharge the vehicles' batteries. Additionally, the invention incorporates mechanisms for collective traffic management as well as safe and fast autonomous driving by artificial intelligence models.

The invention provides a wheel rail-permanent magnet electric fusion type maglev rail traffic system, which relates to the field of rail traffic and is characterized in that guide rails are arranged on sleepers, a frame moves along the guide rails, guide wheels are mounted at the bottom of the frame and are in contact with the guide rails, and the frame is guided to advance or retreat along a preset direction through the contact between the guide wheels and the guide rails. The stator is arranged on the side of the guide rail, and the rotor is arranged on the frame and parallel to the stator axis. When the stator is electrified, an alternating magnetic field can be generated, and the mover is subjected to the action of electromagnetic force under the action of the magnetic field, so that the frame is pushed to move along the guide rail, and the operation of the rail transit system is realized.

The invention relates to the technical field of air rail transportation, in particular to a power type bogie based on a box girder type base and an induction gap adjusting method. The power type bogie comprises a box girder type base, the box girder type base comprises a suspension gap located at the bottom and communicated with an inner cavity, first rails located on the two sides of the suspension gap are arranged at the bottom of the box girder type base, and an induction magnetic stator is fixedly arranged on the inner side of the top of the box girder type base. The bogie assembly comprises a bottom frame, a motor support arranged on the bottom frame and walking wheels arranged on the bottom frame; the top of the motor support is provided with a motor rotor having an induction gap with the induction magnetic stator, and the motor rotor is used for driving the bogie assembly to move under the action of magnetic force generated by the motor rotor and the induction magnetic stator. And the gap adjusting device is used for adjusting the size of the induction gap. A semi-closed base can be formed through the box girder type base, a bogie and other components are arranged in a box girder cavity, maintenance is convenient, the influence of weather is small, and the service life can be prolonged.

Disclosed is a linear motor with improved capacitive power transfer from the stator to the shuttle of the motor. The linear motor comprises a capacitive power transfer arrangement with a power transfer capacitor with a power transfer air gap as dielectric in between a primary electrode and a secondary electrode, wherein the motor air gap of the linear motor and the power transfer air gap are parallel and are arranged in transverse direction next to each other.

Radiation shielding technologies for radioisotope battery-powered vehicles to protect computer systems and humans and increase the energy efficiency, mass efficiency, and duration capability of the vehicle during operation. A radioisotope power system includes a radioisotope power unit that emits a plurality of radiation particles. The radioisotope power system further includes a radiation shield configured to block a first radiation particle of the plurality of radiation particles. The radioisotope power system further includes a decoupling device configured to decouple the radiation shield from a vehicle. The radioisotope power unit can include one or more radioisotopes for power, propulsion, or both power and propulsion of the vehicle. The one or more radioisotopes can include an alpha emitting isotope, a beta emitting isotope, a gamma emitting isotope, or a combination thereof. The one or more radioisotopes can be for heat generation. The vehicle can be a spacecraft or an aircraft.

The invention relates to a charging system and method of a photovoltaic automobile, a storage medium and a vehicle. The charging system of the photovoltaic automobile belongs to the technical field of new energy, and comprises a power battery system which is used for issuing a charging instruction to a photovoltaic charging module when the photovoltaic charging module meets a charging condition and controlling the state of a photovoltaic contactor in the power battery system according to the charging instruction; the photovoltaic charging module is electrically connected with the power battery system and used for receiving a charging instruction issued by the power battery system when the photovoltaic charging module meets the charging condition and controlling the state of a photovoltaic contactor in the photovoltaic charging module according to the charging instruction so as to regulate and control the photovoltaic charging module to charge a power battery of the power battery system; and the photovoltaic charging interface of the photovoltaic charging module is connected to the connecting circuit between the power battery system and the power utilization load module, so that the direct photovoltaic charging of the vehicle can be realized, and the utilization of green energy during the charging of the electric vehicle is further facilitated.

The invention discloses an energy control method and device for a flying vehicle, electronic equipment and a readable storage medium. A solar cell layer, a heat insulation layer and a thermoelectric power generation layer are sequentially integrated on the surface of the flying vehicle from top to bottom, and the method comprises the steps of obtaining first electric energy converted by the solar cell layer in response to the fact that the flying vehicle is located in a light environment, and obtaining second electric energy converted by the heat insulation layer in response to the fact that the temperature difference between the flying vehicle and the external environment is larger than a first preset temperature difference threshold value; acquiring second electric energy converted by the thermoelectric power generation layer; performing voltage conversion on the first electric energy to obtain first target electric energy, and performing voltage conversion on the second electric energy to obtain second target electric energy; charging a battery of the flying vehicle based on the first target electric energy and the second target electric energy; the electrical energy stored in the battery is distributed to the electrical load based on an energy consumption demand of the electrical load of the flying vehicle. The technical problem that the energy source of the flying vehicle is single is solved.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sustainable movement planning for electromagnetic transport systems. In order to provide a method for continuously operating an electromagnetic transport system (1) for moving at least one mover (3), a first maximum (amax1, vmax1) of a first trajectory (t1) of at least one amount of movement (x, v, a) of the mover (3) is determined, and a second maximum (amax2, vmax2) of a second trajectory (t2) of the at least one amount of movement (x, v, a) of the mover (3) is determined. If the first maximum value (amax1, vmax1) is less than or equal to the second maximum value (amax2, vmax2), the first trajectory (t1) is selected as a target trajectory (t *), and if the second maximum value (amax2, vmax2) is less than the first maximum value (amax1, vmax1), the second trajectory (t2) is selected as the target trajectory (t *), and then the mover (3) is moved according to the target trajectory (t *).

An object of the present invention is to allow the power generated by a natural energy power generation device to contribute to charging many electric vehicles. [Solution] The energy utilization system (1) comprises an apartment building (2) to be constructed on a site, a natural energy power generation device (8) installed on the site and generating electricity from natural energy, a parking lot (6) installed on the site, and a power controller (50) that distributes the electricity generated by the natural energy power generation device (8) to batteries (12) of multiple electric transport vehicles (10) parked in the parking lot (6) during the power generation time of the natural energy power generation device (8), and switches charging power among the batteries (12) of the multiple electric transport vehicles (10) during the non-power generation time of the natural energy power generation device (8).

The invention discloses a new energy automobile endurance mileage increasing system and method based on multi-mode energy collaborative management. The system comprises a multi-mode energy input module which is used for converting solar energy into direct current electric energy through a photovoltaic array and integrating power battery energy and hub motor kinetic energy recovery energy; the predictive management module is used for acquiring front road condition information through a V2X technology and predicting an energy consumption curve based on a deep learning model; the dynamic weight distribution module is used for calculating photovoltaic, battery and kinetic energy recovery weight coefficients through a dynamic weight distribution algorithm according to the real-time vehicle environment information and the prediction result; and the energy distribution control module is used for carrying out weighted distribution on the multi-modal energy based on the weight coefficient and outputting total available energy and a control signal so as to drive electric equipment or charge a battery. According to the invention, the problem of dynamic energy distribution during multi-energy coupling is solved, and the purposes of improving the endurance of urban roads, improving the endurance of expressways, reducing the increment cost of the system and being compatible with a 400V / 800V platform are achieved.

A three-rail power supply system includes a power supply having positive, negative, and neutral terminals, a rail system having a power supply end and a termination end, and an asymmetric resistor network. The rail system includes a positive rail, a negative rail, and a ground rail coupled to the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the neutral terminal, respectively. The negative rail is disposed parallel to the positive rail. The ground rail is disposed in parallel to, and between, the positive rail and the negative rail, and is electrically grounded at a plurality of intervals between the power supply end and termination end. The asymmetric resistor network includes two pairs of resistors asymmetrically coupled to the rail system at the power supply end and termination end, and is configured to limit a fault current through a faulty connection in response the positive, negative, and / or ground rails experiencing the faulty connection.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of energy storage equipment, and discloses an energy storage device, which comprises an energy storage host, a walking wheel and a paddle assembly, the energy storage host is provided with a discharge port, the walking wheel has a retraction state and an extension state, in the retraction state, the walking wheel partially retracts into the energy storage host, in the extension state, the walking wheel extends out of the energy storage host, and in the extension state, the paddle assembly extends out of the energy storage host. The paddle assembly is arranged in the energy storage host and can drive the energy storage host to walk, the paddle assembly has a folded state and an unfolded state, in the folded state, the paddle assembly is arranged in the extending direction of the side wall of the energy storage host, and in the unfolded state, the paddle assembly is unfolded relative to the energy storage host and can drive the energy storage device to fly. The energy storage device is provided with the retractable walking wheels and the foldable paddle assemblies, the land walking and low-altitude flying functions are achieved, meanwhile, the storage size is small, and a user can conveniently use the energy storage device.

The present invention is in the field of a National Individual Floating Transportation Infrastructure (NIfTI) wherein floating vehicles can travel by magnetic levitation and propagation. The vehicles can travel at a controllable height above the existing, albeit modified, road infrastructure and at relatively high speeds.

drive unit at least comprising a housing (1), therein at least arranged - an electric machine, consisting of a stator which has at least two stator segments, namely the stator segment (4.1) and the stator segment (4.2), and furthermore consisting of a rotor which has at least three rotor segments, namely the rotor segment (3.1), the rotor segment (3.2) and the rotor segment (3.3), each of which has at least one brake (13) or a backstop (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) which has a fixed connection with the housing (1), - and a multi-start planetary gear set, consisting of at least two simple planetary gear sets arranged coaxially to the main axis (2), namely planetary gear set (6.1) consisting of at least one ring gear (10.1), a carrier gear (8.1) and a sun gear (7.1), and planetary gear set (6.2) consisting of at least one ring gear (10.2), a carrier gear (8.2) and a sun gear (7.2) wherein the at least three rotor segments are each separately and rotationally fixed to one another as follows: - Rotor segment (3.1) with the sun gear (7.1), with the ring gear (10.1) or with the carrier gear (8.1) - Rotor segment (3.2) with the sun gear (7.1), with the ring gear (10.1) or with the carrier gear (8.1) - Rotor segment (3.3) with the sun gear (7.2), with the ring gear (10.2) or with the carrier gear (8.2) wherein at least two stator segments, namely the stator segment (4.1) and the stator segment (4.2), of the stator of the electric machine are individually displaceable parallel to the main axis (2) by means of at least one displacement device (21) and these can drive different rotor segments of the rotor, namely the rotor segment (3.1), the rotor segment (3.2) and the rotor segment (3.3), by means of their displacement and the sun gear (7.1), the ring gear (10.1) or the carrier gear (8.1), which is not rotationally fixed to rotor segment (3.1), rotor segment (3.2) or rotor segment (3.3), is connected to the sun gear (7.2), ring gear (10.2) or carrier gear (8.2), which is not connected to rotor segment (3.1), rotor segment (3.2), rotor segment (3.3) or output shaft (11.5) of the drive unit according to the invention, wherein two rotor segments, namely rotor segment (3.1) and rotor segment (3.2), are attached to the planetary gear (6.1) and one rotor segment, namely rotor segment (3.3), is attached to the planetary gear (6.2), and the drive unit includes at least one holding device (15) which is firmly connected to the housing (1) at at least one holding point and which is arranged such that at least the rotor segment which is arranged between two adjacent rotor segments can be blocked by means of a backstop (12.2) attached to it or by means of a brake (13) attached to it.