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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Peter Jon Clayton, Casselberry, FL (US);
Joseph David Hurley, Casselberry, FL (US);
Albert C. Sismour, Jr., Casselberry, FL (US);
Melissa A. Batis-carver, Titusville, FL (US);
Peter Jon Clayton, Casselberry, FL (US);
Joseph David Hurley, Casselberry, FL (US);
Albert C. Sismour, Jr., Casselberry, FL (US);
Melissa A. Batis-Carver, Titusville, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling coupling between a first machine including a first rotating shaft having an associated first positional phase angle defined by a first shaft indicia and a second machine including a second rotating shaft having an associated second positional phase angle defined by a second shaft indicia. A rotational speed and rotational angle of the first shaft are monitored, and rotation of the second shaft is controlled by bringing the second shaft to a predetermined rotational speed relative to the first shaft speed. Acceleration of the second shaft is controlled such that the second shaft indicia is within a predetermined angle relative to the first shaft indicia upon the second shaft being brought to the predetermined rotational speed, at which point the first and second shafts are coupled such that the second shaft indicia is within the predetermined angle relative to the first shaft indicia.