Patent ID: 7980905

Claim:
A system for balancing power between electrical devices on a vessel using a digital signal processor that enables a particular module to respond instantly and correctly to changing voltages, currents and temperatures on the vessel, the system comprising: a. a rectifier, for converting AC current to DC current; b. a generator connected to the rectifier; c. an AC bus in communication with shore power or a charging system and the rectifier, d. a DC bus in communication with the rectifier; e. a battery bank in bi-directional communication with the DC bus; f. an inverter in communication with the DC bus; g. a prime mover; h. a load regenerating device connected to the inverter, wherein the rectifier is configured to provide regenerated power from the prime mover, load regenerating device, or combinations thereof to the battery bank; and i. a control and monitor system in communication with the battery bank and the generator, wherein the control and monitor system has predefined battery specification stored therein and wherein the control and monitor system is adapted to: 1. monitor the battery bank and to automatically start the generator, prime mover, or combinations thereof; 2. automatically close the DC bus, when one or more batteries in the battery bank falls below a predetermined load, or the charge level of one or more of the batteries is depleted past 60 percent of the charge level thereof; 3. relieve a current draw from the battery bank; 4. provide charging current to the battery bank; 5. control the generator to ensure one or more batteries of the battery bank are not overcharged; and 6. draw power from the generator, shore power, charging source, load regenerating device, prime mover, or combinations thereof, and redirect energy from the generator, the prime mover, the load regenerating device, or combinations thereof to the battery bank.