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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jordan Brantley Casteel, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/02 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 5/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/02 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 5/45 (2013.01); Y10T 307/406 (2015.04);
Abstract
A system includes an excitation system configured to regulate one or more outputs of a power generating system. The excitation system includes a power conversion module (PCM). The PCM includes a direct current (DC) link, a plurality of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) configured to generate an output to the system, and a nonlinear resistor configured to limit a voltage of the DC link to a predetermined threshold.