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Fault ride through switch for power generation system

US8471534B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Ara Panosyan · Munich, DE
Goran Drobnjak · Munich, DE
Simon Herbert Schramm · Bayern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2010
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02P9/107
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power generation system that includes a prime mover configured to generate mechanical energy. The power generation system also includes a power generator configured for generating electrical power from the mechanical energy received from the prime mover. The power generation system further includes a fault ride-through switch electrically coupled in series between the power generator and a power grid. The fault ride-through switch includes a first branch configured to carry the electrical power during normal operating conditions and includes an LC resonance circuit. The fault ride-through switch also includes a multiphase transformer configured for providing voltage phases of different polarities to the LC resonance circuit. The fault ride-through switch further includes a second branch coupled in parallel with the first branch and including a resistive element and an inductive element electrically coupled in series wherein the resistive element configured to absorb the electrical power during fault conditions.

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