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System for limiting torque in a turbine-generator shaft

US4015186A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1975
Grant dateMar 29, 1977
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Expiry dateSep 23, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H7/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system for limiting torque occurring in a turbine-generator shaft when a three-pole short circuit is switched off, one pole of a switch that switches-off the short circuit is opened first, and both of the other poles are then opened after the passage of a predetermined delay period.

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