684results about "Light to electrical conversion" patented technology

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a plurality of energy storage units that include a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery. The system includes an energy controller that tracks historical power draw from the plurality of energy storage units over time in power tracking data, and that identifies a power draw based on the power tracking data. The energy controller switches between a first configuration and a second configuration based on the identified power draw. The first configuration is configured for drawing power from the electrochemical battery and disconnecting from the supercapacitor, while wherein the second configuration is configured for drawing power from the supercapacitor and disconnecting from the electrochemical battery.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a plurality of energy storage units that include a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery. The system includes an energy controller that tracks historical power draw from the plurality of energy storage units over time in power tracking data, and that identifies a power draw based on the power tracking data. The energy controller switches between a first configuration and a second configuration based on the identified power draw. The first configuration is configured for drawing power from the electrochemical battery and disconnecting from the supercapacitor, while wherein the second configuration is configured for drawing power from the supercapacitor and disconnecting from the electrochemical battery.

A solar panel array is disclosed which utilizes a frame, a plurality of telescoping arms, a plurality of solar panels supported by said telescoping arms, and a control system. These components work together to provide a solar panel array that can expand and contract and is designed for use on a vehicle or automobile. The solar panel array is intended to provide a substantial amount of electrical energy to the vehicle's propulsion system, recharge the vehicle's batteries, and power auxiliary systems.

A solar charging system for electric vehicles that includes high-efficiency solar panels mounted on the outer surface of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises photovoltaic cells for converting a broad spectrum of sunlight into electrical energy, even in low-light conditions with up to 25% efficiency. The solar panels are linked to the vehicle's charging port via an electrical conduit, and a charging module regulates the energy for charging both the main traction and auxiliary batteries. The system can be designed for easy retrofitting, utilizing an adhesive rear surface for secure attachment. In some embodiments, the solar panels include a hydrophobic coating for water repellence and debris removal, and heating elements that actuate automatically under a temperature of zero degrees centigrade to melt ice and snow.

The invention provides a solar energy distribution map-based solar energy and hydrogen energy hybrid power hovercar energy management method, and belongs to the field of solar energy and hydrogen energy hybrid power hovercar energy management, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, predicting solar energy radiation intensity distribution by using a BP neural network; s2, determining the track of the hovercar by using an Astar algorithm improved based on solar radiation; s3, establishing a trajectory optimization and energy management coupling model; and S4, solving the coupling model by using a sequential quadratic programming algorithm. By reasonably distributing the power of each power source of the hybrid power hovercar, the charge state of the power battery of the hydrogen fuel cell hovercar is kept balanced, the hydrogen energy consumption is reduced, and the drivability and riding comfort of the hydrogen fuel cell hovercar are improved.

A truck includes a container with an upper portion with a plurality of photovoltaic panels mounted upon an exterior surface of the upper portion. The photovoltaic panels are mounted to permit movement from a closed position to one or more open positions. A battery is electrically coupled to the one or more photovoltaic panels to store electrical energy generated by the one or more photovoltaic panels.

A foldable wagon configurable in a use configuration and a folded configuration includes a frame that is foldable. The frame includes: a front frame assembly; a rear frame assembly; a center linkage disposed laterally between the front frame assembly and the rear frame assembly; an upper pivot bracket; a lower pivot bracket; and a middle pivot bracket disposed vertically between the upper pivot bracket and the lower pivot bracket, where the middle pivot bracket is slidable along the center linkage, where the front frame assembly and the rear frame assembly are pivotally connected to the upper pivot bracket, the lower pivot bracket, and the middle pivot bracket.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a solar cell that generates energy in response to receiving light. The system includes an energy controller, which includes a processor and memory, that predicts an optimal time period for charging an energy storage unit based on information tracking discharging of the energy storage unit over time. The system includes trickle charging circuitry that provides the energy to the energy storage unit during the optimal time period, and the energy storage unit that stores the energy and discharges the energy to power at least one component, such as a vehicle propulsion mechanism.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a plurality of energy storage units that include a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery. The system includes plurality of energy storage units including a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery, the supercapacitor comprising a plurality of selectable power sources, and an adder module including a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions to selectively connect the supercapacitor or the electrochemical battery to an electric drivetrain to propel the vehicle. The processor may be configured to measure the selectable power sources and determine a set of the selectable power sources to connect to the system.

The invention relates to a photovoltaic system (1) for a vehicle (2) and to a vehicle (2) with such a photovoltaic system (1). The photovoltaic system (1) has a support structure (6) to which a primary collector (3), the entire collector area (3a) of which faces freely into the surroundings of the photovoltaic system (1), and secondary collectors (4) are attached. The respective secondary collector (4) is adjustable between a stowed position (A), in which the secondary collector (4) is arranged below the primary collector (3), and a working position (B), in which a collector area (4a) of the secondary collector (4) faces freely into the surroundings.Furthermore, the photovoltaic system (1) has a tertiary collector (5) which is attached to one of the secondary collectors (4) and is adjustable between a storage position (A) in which a collector area (5a) of the tertiary collector (5) is concealed and a usage position (B) in which the collector area (5a) of the tertiary collector (5) is freely exposed to the surroundings.

The present application relates to a device for providing an electric charge to a vehicle. The device includes a driven mass, a generator, a charger, a hardware controller, and a communication circuit. The driven mass rotates in response to the kinetic energy of the vehicle and is coupled to a shaft so that the rotation of the driven mass causes the shaft to rotate. The driven mass is present in one of: (1) an extended position and (2) a retracted position. The generator generates an electrical output based on a mechanical input end coupled to the shaft so that the rotation of the shaft causes the mechanical input end to rotate. The charger is electrically coupled to the generator and: receives the electrical output, generates a charge output based on the electrical output, and transmits the charge output to the vehicle. The controller controls whether the driven mass is in the extended position or the retracted position in response to a signal received from the communication circuit.

A sunshade device and sunshade management system for mitigating the effects of climate change and direct and prolonged exposure to the sun, the sunshade device including a canopy attached to a collapsible web or frame structure. The frame structure can be collapsed or opened by operation of an electric motor. The sunshade device is positioned above the ground by electrically powered lifting devices that are powered by a battery system that is charged by solar cells. A sunshade management system controls the status of the sunshade device, and can collapse the frame and activate the lifting devices to position the sunshade in the sky, and open the frame and deactivate the lifting devices to allow the sunshade device to slowly descend while providing shade to areas below the sunshade device.

An electric all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle frame; a seat used for a user to sit on and mounted to the vehicle frame; a traveling wheel set supporting the vehicle frame and including front wheels and rear wheels; a driving system for driving the traveling wheel set; and a power supply assembly including an energy storage device and used for supplying electric power to at least the driving system. The energy storage device is detachably mounted to the vehicle frame, and the energy storage device is further configured to be detachable from the vehicle frame to supply power to a power tool.

The solar charging battery car comprises a car body, a car frame, a front wheel, a rear wheel, a seat, a driving motor, an energy storage system, a control system and a stand column, a first photovoltaic panel and a second photovoltaic panel are symmetrically and fixedly installed on the left side and the right side of the stand column at the front end of the car body, and the included angle between the installation face of the first photovoltaic panel and the installation face of the second photovoltaic panel and the advancing direction of the car body is 30-60 degrees; a self-cleaning nano coating covers the surface, and the light transmittance is greater than or equal to 90%; a storage box is arranged at the front end of the vehicle body, the top of the storage box is movably connected with a third photovoltaic panel through a hinge, and an adjustable angle of 0-180 degrees is formed between the third photovoltaic panel and the plane of the top of the storage box when the third photovoltaic panel is unfolded. Therefore, the solar charging battery car adopts multi-photovoltaic-panel three-dimensional layout and dynamic adjustment, the unfolded power generation area is larger than or equal to 1.5 m < 2 >, a self-cleaning coating is arranged, the power generation efficiency is high, the super capacitor and the main battery are managed in a grading mode, the endurance is prolonged by combining downhill energy recovery, the photovoltaic panels are folded during driving, the width of the whole car is smaller than or equal to 45 cm, the whole car meets the standard, and the solar charging battery car has the characteristics of IP67 water resistance and the like and is suitable for outdoors.

The invention belongs to the technical field of road deicing, and particularly relates to an environment-friendly snow and ice removing vehicle which comprises a vehicle body, an ice and snow removing device, a heating system and a water treatment system, the vehicle body is provided with an equipment bin, an ice and snow melting bin and an anti-freezing water bin, and a PV / T device used for providing electric energy for a motor and a vehicle-mounted hydrogen production device of the vehicle body is laid on the vehicle body; the ice and snow removing device is used for conveying ice and snow into the ice and snow melting bin; the heating system is used for heating ice and snow in the ice and snow melting bin; the water treatment system comprises a cyclone desanding device, an electrochemical disinfection device and a reverse osmosis device which are sequentially communicated, the cyclone desanding device is communicated with the ice and snow melting bin and used for removing large-particle impurities in water, the electrochemical disinfection device is used for removing microorganisms in the water, a water outlet of the reverse osmosis device is communicated with the anti-freezing water bin, and a water outlet of the reverse osmosis device is communicated with the ice and snow melting bin. And the water desalted and purified by the reverse osmosis device is discharged into the anti-freezing water sump. The system has the beneficial effects that the energy utilization efficiency is improved, and cyclic utilization of water resources is achieved.

A drone detection system includes a plurality of base stations, which are distributed over a geographic area that includes a facility. Each base station is configured to emit radio signals that are monitored for reflection data, which is generated when the radio signals reflect from an object. A server is configured to process the reflection data to identify a drone in proximity to the facility. The processing is configured to process the reflection data over time to identify trajectory metrics for the identified drone. The trajectory metrics are configured to predict a path of the drone and determine if the drone constitutes a threat to the facility. An alert is processed by the server when the drone is determined to constitute a threat to the facility. A data center is configured to receive and store processed reflection data that has been processed by the server.

To provide a roof solar charging device and a vehicle that reduce the possibility of the vehicle being parked outdoors. [Solution] The roof solar charging device includes a housing 100 for being fixed to the top of the vehicle body, a cover body 200 provided on the side of the housing opposite the vehicle body, an opening / closing device 300 provided on one of the housing and the cover body and drivingly connected to the other of the housing and the cover body, engaging or separating the cover body and the housing, engaging the cover body and the housing to form a storage space, and separating the cover body and the housing to open the storage space, a battery provided inside the storage space, and a first solar panel assembly 500 electrically connected to the battery and having a stored state in which it is stored inside the storage space and a deployed state in which it is deployed outside the storage space, and the storage space is opened so that the first solar panel assembly can be switched between the stored state and the deployed state.

The invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic application, in particular to a vehicle-mounted photovoltaic system capable of being applied in multiple scenes, which comprises a photovoltaic energy acquisition module, an energy distribution control module, a driving and parking power supply module, an environment adaptation adjustment module and a storage battery energy supplement module. According to the invention, through the real-time analysis of the photovoltaic power generation power, the environment illumination intensity and the battery temperature, the scheme optimizes the electric energy flow direction and the energy storage charging and discharging regulation and control, improves the energy storage efficiency and the power supply accuracy, dynamically adjusts the photovoltaic energy supply path, adjusts the power supply strategy in the vehicle operation state, and adaptively regulates and controls the geographical environment. The power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic module in different environments is improved, the storage battery management enhances the electric energy use stability through intelligent evaluation, the energy loss is reduced, and the overall energy utilization efficiency and adaptability of the system are improved.

A method is disclosed. The method includes moving a vehicle having a plurality of wheels along a track, receiving a marker data or a marker signal from a marker at a location of the track using a reader of the vehicle, controlling a first rotational speed of a first wheel of the plurality of wheels at the location of the track based on the marker data or the marker signal, and controlling a second rotational speed of a second wheel of the plurality of wheels at the location of the track, independently of the first rotational speed, based on the marker data or the marker signal. The first rotational speed is different from the second rotational speed.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes a plurality of energy storage units that include a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery. The system includes plurality of energy storage units including a supercapacitor and an electrochemical battery, the supercapacitor comprising a plurality of selectable power sources, and an adder module including a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions to selectively connect the supercapacitor or the electrochemical battery to an electric drivetrain to propel the vehicle. The processor may be configured to measure the selectable power sources and determine a set of the selectable power sources to connect to the system.

The present disclosure relates to a reconfigurable battery system and method of operating the same. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a state of charge of a battery, determine a closed circuit voltage of the battery, determine a value of a parameter based on a ratio of the state of charge and the closed circuit voltage, and control a switch coupled to the battery based on the value of the parameter, the controlling of the switch to either cause the battery to be coupled to a battery string or cause the battery to be disconnected from the battery string.

The invention discloses a photovoltaic power supply system of a vehicle, a control method and equipment of the photovoltaic power supply system and a computer readable storage medium. The photovoltaic power supply system comprises a photovoltaic panel, a photovoltaic controller, a bidirectional direct-current converter and a power battery heating device. Photovoltaic power generation of the photovoltaic panel is connected to the photovoltaic controller, the photovoltaic controller is used for supplying power to a load through photovoltaic power generation, charging a storage battery of the vehicle and connecting the photovoltaic power generation to a whole vehicle high-voltage network of the vehicle after boosting the photovoltaic power generation through the bidirectional direct-current converter, and the load comprises a power battery heating device; the power battery heating device is used for heating a power battery of the vehicle. According to the efficient photovoltaic power supply system for the vehicle and the control scheme of the efficient photovoltaic power supply system, the photovoltaic power generation amount is fully utilized, and the utilization rate of photovoltaic power generation is increased.

Systems and methods for electrically isolating a high voltage continuously producing power source. In one embodiment, a high voltage continuously producing power supplying system for supplying high voltage electrical power to an automotive system includes a plurality of components configured to supply the high voltage electrical power to the automotive system and a high voltage power controller configured to receive the high voltage electrical power from the plurality of components. The system further includes an electrical isolation device configured to electrically isolate at least one of the plurality of components. The high voltage power controller is configured to detect that a fault state of the automotive system has occurred and when the detected fault state is detected, the high voltage power controller is configured to trigger the electrical isolation device to disconnect the at least one of the plurality of components from the automotive system.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for energy management. A system, such as a vehicle, includes power packs and a photovoltaic array with interconnected photovoltaic cells that supplies electric charge to the power packs for charging the power packs. A charge management database stores data tracking respective charge cycles of the power packs based on the charging and discharging of the power packs. An energy control system controls flow of power in the system to control the charging and the discharging of the power packs, optimizes the flow of power in the system based on the respective charge cycles as tracked in the data stored in the charge management database, and updates the charge management database based on the optimization(s). An output interface outputs a status of the power packs based on the flow of power, for instance to indicate effect(s) of the optimization(s) on the power packs.

A trailer control box may receive a wireless message from a controller of the tractor. The trailer control box may validate and authenticating the message. The trailer control box may control an emergency-brake valve based on the message when the message is an emergency-brake command. The trailer control box may control a service-brake valve based on the message when the message is a service-brake command. The trailer control box may control at least one switch to operate trailer lights based on the message when the message is a light command. In certain embodiments, autonomous-capable socket is mounted to a trailer and includes: a chamfered outer casing, a plurality of electrical connectors, a service-brake air aperture, and an emergency-brake air aperture. The autonomous-capable socket required a single autonomous connection by an autonomous tractor.

Solar modules including a solar panel, a sensor for acquiring a power generation state of the solar panel, and a power generation control unit for controlling power generation of the solar panel based on the power generation state are connected to each other. A scan control device for controlling a scan process for scanning an output voltage of each solar panel executed by each power generation control unit to search for a maximum power point includes a determination unit for determining whether or not a power generation state of each solar panel satisfies a predetermined condition, and an instruction unit for instructing a power generation control unit of a solar panel to be controlled based on a result of a scan process in a specific solar module when there is a solar module to be controlled whose power generation state of the solar panel does not satisfy the predetermined condition.

According to one embodiment, a solar cell system includes a first solar cell, a first electric circuit and controller. The first solar cell is provided on a hood of a vehicle. The first electric circuit is connected to the first solar cell. The controller is configured to electrically connect the first solar cell with the first electric circuit in a case where a traveling speed of the vehicle is less than a first threshold, and electrically disconnect the first solar cell from the first electric circuit in a case where the traveling speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the first threshold.

The invention discloses a large-duration double-source combined supply emergency security vehicle and a control method thereof.The emergency security vehicle comprises a photovoltaic system, a lithium battery system, a hydrogen production system and a hydrogen storage system, the photovoltaic system is connected with the lithium battery system and the hydrogen production system, and the hydrogen production system is connected with the hydrogen storage system; the lithium battery system comprises a fuel cell and a power lithium battery, and the fuel cell is electrically connected with the power lithium battery; the hydrogen production system comprises a PEM electrolytic bath; the hydrogen storage system comprises a modularized hydrogen cylinder group, the power lithium battery is connected with the PEM electrolytic bath through a DC / DC converter, and the PEM electrolytic bath is connected with the modularized hydrogen cylinder group through a high-pressure hydrogen pipeline; the external hydrogen charging interface is communicated with the modularized hydrogen cylinder group, and the modularized hydrogen cylinder group is communicated with a hydrogen inlet of the fuel cell; the method has the advantages that the power and the cruising ability are improved.

Provided is a three-type self-power generation system for charging an electric vehicle battery. The three-type self-power generation system includes: a fixed panel formed on an outer ceiling surface of an electric vehicle while supported by a support column; one or more first power generators which are formed in a space between the outer ceiling surface of the electric vehicle and the fixed panel and generate electricity using wind power to charge a battery of the electric vehicle; one or more second power generators which are formed on a lower surface of the vehicle and generate electricity using a rotational force to charge the battery of the electric vehicle while the vehicle travels; and one or more third power generators which are formed on a flat surface of the fixed panel and generate electricity using sunlight to charge the battery of the electric vehicle.