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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2007
Steven J. Fredette, South Windsor, CT (US);
Rishi Grover, Manchester, CT (US);
Steven J. Fredette, South Windsor, CT (US);
Rishi Grover, Manchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, East Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A distributed electrical power generating and utilizing system includes an induction generator driven by a prime mover requiring reactive power to operate for providing electrical power on a bus. The bus has a gross load and is also connectable to a utility power grid by a switch. The gross load includes at least a non-linear electrical load component, typically including a variable speed device and associated diode rectifier front end. The bus includes a harmonic filter having a power factor-correcting capacitor integrated therewith for collectively compensating harmonic distortion caused by the non-linear load component and for correcting power factor to compensate for reactive power required by at least the inductive generator.