Electric power generation with magnetically geared machine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJorge Mari, Michal-Wolfgang Waszak, Simon Schramm
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Abstract
A power generation system includes: a prime mover; an electrical machine coupled to the prime mover and configured for converting mechanical power to electrical power, the electrical machine having a power factor of less than or equal to 0.7; a reactive power supply assembly coupled to the electrical machine and configured to supply reactive power to the electrical machine; and a power electronic converter coupled to the reactive power supply assembly and configured for transferring power from the electrical machine to a grid.
Claims24
A power generation system comprising:
- a prime mover;
- an electrical machine coupled to the prime mover and configured for converting mechanical power to electrical power, the electrical machine comprising a magnetically geared qenerator;
- a reactive power supply assembly coupled to the electrical machine and configured to supply reactive power to the electrical machine;
- a power electronic converter coupled to the reactive power supply assembly and configured for transferring power from the electrical machine to a grid.
A power generation system comprising:
- a wind driven turbine;
- a magnetically geared generator coupled to the wind driven turbine;
- a reactive power supply assembly coupled to the magnetically geared generator and configured to supply reactive power to the electrical machine;
- a power electronic converter coupled to the reactive power supply assembly and configured for transferring power from the magnetically geared generator to a grid.
A power generation system comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a magnetically geared generator coupled to the prime mover;
- a power electronic converter configured for transferring active power from the magnetically geared generator to a grid and for supplying reactive power to the magnetically geared generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.