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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Harold Robert Schnetzka, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Timothy Wilcox Jayko, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

Theodore Steven Wilmot, Laurens, SC (US);

Branislav Vujanovic, Leipzig, DE;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); F03D 7/0272 (2013.01); H02J 11/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/386 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01); Y02E 10/763 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric power system for a wind turbine includes at least one auxiliary load bus configured to transmit electric power to auxiliary equipment. The auxiliary load bus is further configured to receive electric power having a voltage within a first predetermined tolerance range. The system also includes at least one motor-generator set coupled to the auxiliary load bus. The motor-generator set is configured to receive electric power having a voltage within a second predetermined tolerance range and transmit electric power to the auxiliary load bus in the first predetermined tolerance range.


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