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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Gregory Wagoner, Roanoke, VA (US);
Govardhan Ganireddy, Bangalore, IN;
Saurabh Shukla, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Harold Robert Schnetzka, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for grounding power generation systems with silicon carbide MOSFET power converters are provided. A power generation system can include a power generator comprising a multiphase rotor configured to generate multiphase alternating current power at a first voltage and a power converter comprising one or more silicon carbide MOSFETs and an isolation transformer. The power converter can be configured to convert the multiphase alternating current power from the power generator at the first voltage to multiphase alternating current power at a second voltage. The power generation system can be electrically grounded to shunt a leakage current associated with the isolation transformer of the power converter to a ground.