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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2007
Andrew D. Hirzel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David R. Crecelius, Noblesville, IN (US);
Andrew D. Hirzel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David R. Crecelius, Noblesville, IN (US);
Light Engineering, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A high intensity lighting system comprises a plurality of high intensity discharge lamps electrically connected to a polyphase alternator and a prime mover mechanically connected to the alternator. An inherent impedance characteristic of the alternator permits the lamps to be reliably started and energized without any separate ballast or comparable impedance element. The alternator comprises a stator having teeth extending from a backiron. The teeth consist of the alternator phases, and the coils encircle the respective teeth of each pair and are wound in opposite sense and connected in series. The machine is preferably an axial airgap device wherein the stator assembly has a magnetic core made from low loss, high frequency material. A high pole count permits the electrical device to operate at high commutating frequencies, with high efficiency, high power density and improved performance characteristics. Low-loss materials incorporated by the device include amorphous metals, nanocrystalline metals, optimized Si—Fe alloys, grain-oriented Fe-based materials or non-grain-oriented Fe-based materials.