Patent ID: 11946353
Assignee: MTU AMERICA INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising a plurality of hybrid power systems, each respective hybrid power system of the plurality of hybrid power systems comprising:
a respective mobile platform comprising and having disposed thereon:
a respective generator set comprising:
a respective reciprocating engine configured to convert natural gas into rotational mechanical energy; and
a respective generator configured to convert rotational mechanical energy sourced from the respective reciprocating engine into electrical energy;

a respective electrical energy storage system (ESS) configured to store electrical energy;
a respective electrical motor configured to convert electrical energy sourced from a combination of the respective generator set and the respective ESS into rotational mechanical energy;
a respective radiator configured to radiate heat generated by the respective reciprocating engine; and
a respective pump configured to operate using rotational mechanical energy sourced from the respective electrical motor, the system further comprising:
a system controller configured to control operation of the plurality of hybrid power systems, wherein the respective pumps of each of the plurality of hybrid power systems are fluidically connected to a common manifold, wherein at least one of the plurality of hybrid power systems comprises a spare hybrid power system, and wherein the system controller is configured to:
responsive to determining that a generator set of a particular hybrid power system of the plurality of hybrid power systems has failed:
increase load factors of non-failed hybrid power systems of the plurality of hybrid power systems; and
cause the respective electrical motor of the particular hybrid power system to operate using electrical energy supplied by the non-failed hybrid power systems of the plurality of hybrid power systems.