This website is dedicated to the “moments of power” methodology, as introduced in the SAE Paper 2023-01-0541. See https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2023-01-0541/ for the details.
The approach separates the model of an energy systems from the model of its usage profile, using just two key assumptions:
- That a power system can be described using a basis function model, for example a polynomial model over power demand, and
- That the statistical distribution of the input variable variable can be measured using the same basis functions.
Based on those two assumptions, efficiency, losses, consumption etc can be determined without simualtion.
The methodology applies to a wide range of energy systems: automotive, aeronautical, thermal, solar, wind, batteries, fuel cells, and electric systems.
If you would like to discuss potential applications, please contact Thomas Steffen at t.steffen@ieee.org