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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Jeffrey Daigle, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Union City, PA (US);
Maksim Borisenko, Erie, PA (US);
Jeffrey Daigle, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Union City, PA (US);
Maksim Borisenko, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various systems and method for generating electrical power in a rail vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a vehicle system includes an electrical power generation unit operatively coupled with a drive shaft of an engine. The electrical power generation unit includes a fraction alternator and a head-end-power (HEP) alternator. The traction alternator is excited by power electronics positioned external to the traction alternator. The HEP alternator is self-excited by an exciter winding positioned in the HEP alternator.