Patent ID: 8360180

Claim:
A method of controlling a hybrid energy system including an energy source and a storage device operatively connected to a machine including at least one non-traction load, comprising: identifying, by a processor associated with a controller, a first operating sequence indicative of a repeated operation of the at least one non-traction load, the first operating sequence including a plurality of time increments; determining, by the processor, first and second parameters of the hybrid energy system respectively indicative of a requested energy of the at least one non-traction load and an output energy of the at least one non-traction load; comparing, by the processor, the determined first and second parameters at the plurality of time increments of the first operating sequence; determining, by the processor, a third parameter of the hybrid energy system indicative of energy regenerated from the at least one non-traction load; monitoring, by the processor, the third parameter at the plurality of time increments of the first operating sequence; determining, by the processor, at least one of an energy deficiency or an energy surplus associated with the non-traction load of the hybrid energy system, the energy deficiency being a function of the first and second determined parameters and the energy surplus being a function of the third determined parameter; and selectively adjusting, by the processor, energy stored within the storage device during at least a portion of a second operating sequence as a function of the determined energy deficiency or the determined energy surplus, the second operating sequence including a plurality of time increments.