Electricity: motive power systems – Generator-fed motor systems having generator control
Patent
1997-09-08
1999-05-11
Masih, Karen
Electricity: motive power systems
Generator-fed motor systems having generator control
318145, 318147, 318375, H02P5/20
Patent
active
059031166
ABSTRACT:
A turbogenerator/motor controller with a microprocessor based inverter having multiple modes of operation. To start the turbine, the inverter connects to and supplies fixed current, variable voltage, variable frequency, AC power to the permanent magnet turbogenerator/motor, driving the permanent magnet turbogenerator/motor as a motor to accelerate the gas turbine. During this acceleration, spark and fuel are introduced in the correct sequence, and self-sustaining gas turbine operating conditions are reached. The inverter is then disconnected from the permanent magnet generator/motor, reconfigured to a controlled 60 hertz mode, and then either supplies regulated 60 hertz three phase voltage to a stand alone load or phase locks to the utility, or to other like controllers, to operate as a supplement to the utility. In this mode of operation, the power for the inverter is derived from the permanent magnet generator/motor via high frequency rectifier bridges. The microprocessor monitors turbine conditions and controls fuel flow to the gas turbine combustor.
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Geis Everett R.
Peticolas Brian W.
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Masih Karen
Miller Albert J.
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