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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Gary E. Baumgart, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gary E. Baumgart, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation, Cheswick, PA (US);
Abstract
A control concept for large pulsed power applications that use multiple pulsed alternators to generate high-energy current pulses. Pulsed alternators produce a large reaction torque during discharge, but paired pulsed alternators are characterized by equal and opposite torque which result in a negligible reaction. However, it is necessary to synchronize the pulsed alternators prior to discharge to ensure that the load current will share equally and large transient and unequal torque reactions will not occur. The present control system utilizes closed loop feedback control to synchronize two or more pulsed alternators at the discharge speed and maintain synchronization before discharge and between multiple discharges in a burst pulse mode.