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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Kazumasa Ide, Hitachiohta, JP;
Miyoshi Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;
Mamoru Nemoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Seiji Takahashi, Handa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A variable-speed electromechanical energy converter includes a wound-type induction motor and a power rectifier connected to a secondary winding of the motor to convert AC power produced by the motor into DC power. A chopper is connected to an output of the power converter to control the output thereof according to a control signal and a capacitor is connected through a rectifier device to the chopper. A power inverter converts DC power stored in the capacitor into AC power which is fed back to an AC system connected to the motor. The motor includes a cage rotor disposed between a wound rotor and a rotor shaft, the cage rotor being separated from the rotor shaft by an inner gap and separated from the wound rotor by a middle gap so as to rotate independently of the rotor shaft.