Patent ID: 11916378
Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A method of operating a power source, comprising:
providing output power on a power bus from the power source through a device to a load to track and meet a power demand of the load;
in response to an increased power demand from the load, determining if an increase in output power of the power source which equals to the increased power demand would cause the output power of the power source to exceed a threshold output power;
changing an output voltage of the power source on the power bus for the power source to communicate with at least one of the load and the device while the power source provides the output power on the power bus, wherein if the output power of the power source would exceed the threshold output power, then communicating to the device that the threshold output power would be exceeded by changing the output voltage of the power source, and the output power is not increased above the threshold output power such that the output power no longer tracks the power demand of the load; and
if the output power of the power source would not exceed the threshold output power, then increasing the output power from the power source to meet the power demand of the load.