WO2006116479A3 - Multiple prime power source locomotive control - Google Patents

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WO2006116479A3
WO2006116479A3 PCT/US2006/015778 US2006015778W WO2006116479A3 WO 2006116479 A3 WO2006116479 A3 WO 2006116479A3 US 2006015778 W US2006015778 W US 2006015778W WO 2006116479 A3 WO2006116479 A3 WO 2006116479A3
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Frank Donnelly
Andrew Tarnow
Bruce Wolff
John Watson
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Railpower Technologies Corp
Frank Donnelly
Andrew Tarnow
Bruce Wolff
John Watson
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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a control strategy for operating a plurality of prune power sources (101-1 to 101-3) during propulsion, idling and braking and is applicable to large systems such as trucks, ships, cranes and locomotives utilizing diesel engines, gas turbine engines, other types of internal combustion engines, fuel cells or combinations of these that require substantial power and low emissions utilizing multiple power plant combinations The present invention is directed at a general control strategy for a multi- engine systems (101-1, 101-2) where the power systems need not be of the same type or power rating and may even use different fuels The invention is based on a common DC bus (103) electrical architecture so that prime power sources need not be synchronized
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