Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smart load bank and excitation control
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Application No.: US14937545Application Date: 2015-11-10
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Publication No.: US10476267B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Douglas Brown , Vijay Janardhan , Eric Ohlson
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull
- Main IPC: H02J3/14
- IPC: H02J3/14

Abstract:
A load management system is disclosed. The load management system may include a generator, a power source configured to drive the generator, a load bank configured to produce an electrical load on the generator, a chopper operatively connected to the generator and the load bank, and a chopper regulator in communication with the generator and the chopper. The chopper may be configured to modulate the electrical load of the load bank on the generator. The chopper regulator may be configured to monitor generator parameters and control the chopper based on the generator parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170133847A1 Smart Load Bank and Excitation Control Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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