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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Mariano Filippa, Louisville, KY (US);
Edward Hatfield, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard D. Suel, Ii, Louisville, KY (US);
John Steven Holmes, Sellersburg, IN (US);
Inventors:
Mariano Filippa, Louisville, KY (US);
Edward Hatfield, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard D. Suel, II, Louisville, KY (US);
John Steven Holmes, Sellersburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a motor, the method comprising: operating a motor at a first speed; operating the motor in negative slip; imbalancing at least one phase of the motor to dissipate regeneration energy using windings of the motor; and wherein a next motor speed is decreased to a speed less than the first speed. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also presented.