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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Takao Kuwabara, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8220, JP;
Kei Katayama, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8220, JP;
Hiroto Nakagawa, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8270, JP;
Haruki Hagiwara, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8270, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A pump turbine includes a runner connected to a generator motor, a water discharge controller for adjusting the quantity of water passing through the runner and a governor for detecting a rotational speed of the runner and controlling the water discharge controller to get a predetermined rotational speed of the runner. Upon a load rejection which shuts off the generator motor from an electric power system, the governor is controlled to make a target speed value of the runner after a load rejection higher than a target speed value before the load rejection. The target speed value is a reference speed to be compared with actual speed so that the governor determines when or how to open or close a water discharge controller in response to a balance between the two speeds.