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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
David Norwood Dorsey, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Klaus Werner Sommerlatte, Guilderland, NY (US);
David Norwood Dorsey, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Klaus Werner Sommerlatte, Guilderland, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to replace a brushless exciter with a static excitation system for a generator including the steps of: measuring a plurality of dimensions of the brushless exciter; determining a rotational mass moment of inertia of a rotation portion of the excitation system design; forming a rotating static excitation system having substantially the same rotational mass moment of inertia as the brushless exciter; removing the brushless exciter from the generator, and attaching the static excitation system to the generator.