Distributed generation drivetrain (DGD) controller for application to wind turbine and ocean current turbine generators

In a system of mechanically coupled multiple induction generators driven by a single rotor, a main power input shaft coupled to said rotor;

• a single-stage torque-dividing gearbox coupled to said main power input shaft;
• said torque-dividing gearbox having a plurality of output shafts located around a perimeter of said main power input shaft;
• each of said multiple induction generators being coupled to a respective one of said output shafts, each said generator having a local generator voltage, a method comprising steps of:
• A. Monitoring torque on each individual generator;
• B. Determining relative torque balance between said multiple generators;
• C. Modifying torque characteristics of said individual generators to bring said generators into balance to provide uniform torque load distribution between said multiple generators;
• D. Modifying overall torque characteristics of said multiple induction generators by sensing rising net current produced by said multiple induction generators;
• and,
• E. Commanding a decrease in total generator reaction torque by modulating transformers connected to outputs of said multiple induction generators in response to said sensing rising net current.