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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Cornelius Edward Holliday, Forest, VA (US);
Robert Gregory Wagoner, Roanoke, VA (US);
David Smith, Daleville, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling temperature of a switching device of a power converter of an electrical power system includes monitoring, via one or more sensors, at least one operating condition of the electrical power system. Further, the method includes monitoring a temperature of the switching device. Moreover, the method includes controlling, via a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors, torque of a generator of the electrical power system based on the at least one operating condition of the electrical power system so as maintain the temperature of the switching device below a predetermined threshold.