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Power generation system and method with voltage fault ride-through capability

US8692523B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Goran Drobnjak · Munich, DE
Simon Herbert Schramm · Bayern, DE
Christof Martin Sihler · Hallbergmoos, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 4, 2009
Grant date	Apr 8, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power generation system includes a generator mechanically coupled to a turbine to generate electrical power. The system includes a fault ride through system having a variable resistor and a variable inductor. The variable resistor is connected in parallel across output terminals of the generator to absorb power from the generator during a grid fault condition, and the variable inductor is connected between an output terminal of the generator and a power grid.

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