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Multi-phase and shifted phase power distribution systems

US5539632A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 1994
Grant dateJul 23, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 19, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E40/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for transforming electrical power is disclosed. An embodiment of the arrangement includes conductors for electrically connecting to an input source of three phase electrical power. This embodiment of the arrangement also includes a transforming device electrically connected to the conductors. The transforming device includes circuitry for transforming the input source of three phase power into at least two output phases separated from one another by approximately 180 electrical degrees. The transforming device also includes circuitry for reducing the level of instantaneous power drawn from the input source by shifting each output phase a predetermined number of electrical degrees from one of the three phases of the input source.

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