Systems and methods for controlling acceleration of a power generator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9601918-B2
Application number	US-201414540536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2012
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

An electromagnetic braking system includes an electrically conductive disc coupled to a rotatable shaft of a power generation system for operating in an island mode. The rotatable shaft is operatively coupled between a prime mover and a generator for supplying power to an island grid. The electromagnetic braking system further includes a controller for receiving at least one status or synchronization signal and for generating a control signal based on the at least one signal and an inducting unit for applying an electromagnetic braking force on the electrically conductive disc when commanded by the control signal to regulate a rotational speed of the rotatable shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic braking system comprising:
an electrically conductive disc coupled to a rotatable shaft of a power generation system for operating in an island mode, wherein the rotatable shaft is operatively coupled between a prime mover and a generator for supplying power to an island grid;
a controller for receiving at least one status signal from the power generation system and for generating a control signal based on the at least one status s…

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Panosyan Ara
• Schroeder Stefan
• Boeld Christoph
• Schaumberger Herbert
• Hirzinger-Unterrainer Johann
• Dong Xiaoting
• Liebscher Uwe

Classifications

• H02J3/40

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02P9/04

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02H7/067 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• F16D2121/20

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• H02P9/102

  Electricity · mapped topic