Variable reluctance generator

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2006-12-19

2006-12-19

Schuberg, Darren (Department: 2834)

Electricity: single generator systems

Automatic control of generator or driving means

Power factor or phase relationships

C322S029000, C322S032000, C318S701000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07151359

ABSTRACT:
A variable reluctance generator has phase windings and a bias winding. By controlling the excitation produced by the bias winding, the speed of the machine or the DC link, a power converter using only diodes can supply power to a DC bus. A method of operating a variable reluctance machine as a generator, the machine having at least one phase winding, includes creating a bias flux linking the or at least one phase winding, and limiting the phase voltage to a magnitude below that otherwise induced in the phase winding by the bias flux.

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