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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory T Smedley, Irvine, CA (US);
John Oluseun Dabiri, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignees:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
ONE-CYCLE CONTROL, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/36 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H01B 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/36 (2013.01); H02J 3/386 (2013.01); Y02E 10/763 (2013.01); Y02E 60/60 (2013.01); Y10T 307/707 (2015.04);
Abstract
Variable frequency alternate current (VFAC) bus arrangements and systems using such VFAC bus arrangements are described, such as arrays of turbines. Such systems have a centrally located power process hub connected to the VFAC bus arrangements in a way that there is a dedicated VFAC bus arrangement for each turbine of the array.