US 12,448,933 B2
Systems and methods for intelligent diagnostic screening of hybrid generator systems
Darrin Moorman, Johnstown, CO (US)
Assigned to Moser Engine Service, Inc., Evansville, WY (US)
Filed by Moser Energy Systems, Evansville, WY (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/884,512.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/555,355, filed on Feb. 19, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0264070 A1, Aug. 21, 2025
Int. Cl. F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC F02D 41/22 (2013.01) [F02B 63/04 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0625 (2013.01); F02D 2200/503 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating power by bringing a plurality of generators online using a sequencing order and an energy storage module (“ESM”), the ESM comprising one or more batteries and a controller configured to be operably coupled to each of the plurality of generators, each of the plurality of generators comprising an engine associated with a plurality of engine sensors, engine specification data, and baseline performance data, and the method comprising:
(a) accessing, using the controller, engine specification data and baseline performance data associated with a selected engine of one of the plurality of generators, wherein the selected engine is a first engine of a first generator of the plurality of generators;
(b) initiating, using the controller and the one or more batteries, a load step on the selected engine, the load step being based on the engine specification data associated with the selected engine;
(c) receiving, by the controller and from a plurality of sensors associated with the selected engine, data associated with a response of the selected engine to the load step of step (b);
(d) comparing, using the controller, the data of step (c) to the baseline performance data associated with the selected engine;
(e) calculating, using the controller and based on the comparison of step (d), an engine performance score associated with a performance of the selected engine, wherein the engine performance score calculated for the selected engine is a first engine performance score associated with a performance of the first engine;
(f) storing, using the controller, the engine performance score of step (e) in a database associated with the controller;
(g) selecting, using the controller, a second engine of a second generator of the plurality of generators such that the second engine is the selected engine;
(h) executing steps (a)-(f) with the second engine being the selected engine such that the engine performance score calculated for the selected engine is a first engine performance score associated with a performance of the second engine;
(i) comparing, using the controller, the first engine performance score associated with the performance of the first engine and the first engine performance score associated with the performance of the second engine;
(j) creating, using the controller and based on the comparison of step (i), a sequencing order defining the order in which the first generator and the second generator will be brought online to generate power; and
(k) generating power by bringing online, using the controller, the first generator and the second generator based on the sequencing order.