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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Francesco Papini, München, DE;
Tiziana Bertoncelli, München, DE;
GE Global Sourcing LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided, comprising an electrical installation; one of a permanent magnet motor and a permanent magnet generator; a circuit operative to provide current to operate one of the motor and the generator; one or more sensors coupled to the electrical installation, wherein the one or more sensors are operative to detect an overcurrent in the circuit and to generate an overcurrent signal; one or more inductors; and an inductance module control operative to: receive the overcurrent signal from the one or more sensors; determine how to insert one or more inductors to reduce an amplitude of the overcurrent; activate the one or more inductors based on the determination; and deactivate the one or more inductors when the overcurrent is not detected. Numerous other aspects are provided.