Patent ID: 11936236
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the power supply system comprises redundant power regulation circuits, each with associated redundant rechargeable battery packs, and wherein the actively discharging further comprises:
determining an operating mode of the power supply system, and based on the operating mode being a reduced redundancy mode:
avoiding suspending the main input power within the power supply system from powering the system load;
controlling the backup energy source to discharge power from the rechargeable battery pack through a balancing circuit associated with the rechargeable battery pack; and
discontinuing discharging of the rechargeable battery pack through the balancing circuit associated with the rechargeable battery pack based on a state of charge of the rechargeable battery pack dropping to a set discharge threshold.