Patent ID: 8957543
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for managing electrical power between a plurality of external electrical power sources that supply electrical power and a plurality of external electrical loads that consume electrical power, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of input terminals respectively connected to the sources; a plurality of output terminals respectively connected to the loads; a plurality of monitor nodes connected to each input terminal and each output terminal; a plurality of electrical power storage cells each connected between a pair of input and output terminals, each cell having a capacitor capable of storing power from a respective source and being capable of discharging stored power to a respective load; a plurality of controllable switches connected to the cells and having control inputs for enabling each switch to be switched between switching states; and a programmed controller operative for monitoring operating conditions at the monitor nodes during operation of each source and each load, for selectively controlling the switches at the control inputs to interconnect the cells in different circuit topologies in response to the monitored operating conditions, for enabling each cell in one of the switching states to store the power from the respective source, and for enabling each cell in the other of the switching states to discharge the stored power to the respective load.