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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Applicants:
Joseph David Hurley, Casselberry, FL (US);
Peter Jon Clayton, Casselberry, FL (US);
Inventors:
Joseph David Hurley, Casselberry, FL (US);
Peter Jon Clayton, Casselberry, FL (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/14 (2006.01); H02P 9/10 (2006.01); H02P 101/10 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/14 (2013.01); H02P 9/10 (2013.01); H02P 2101/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
Controlling a shaft of a turbine generator, wherein the turbine generator includes a static excitation system and wherein the shaft is being driven in a first rotational direction at a predetermined speed. Controlling the shaft includes detecting a torsional oscillation of the shaft, calculating a control signal based on the torsional oscillation, and using the control signal, controlling an amount of power drawn by the static excitation system from the turbine generator.