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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pierluigi Tenca, Munich, DE;
Christof Martin Sihler, Karlsruhe, DE;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A direct current power system includes a common direct current (DC) bus configured to supply power to a plurality of loads. A plurality of alternating current (AC) to DC converter bridges supply DC power to the common CD bus. Each of the AC to DC converter bridges is connected to the common DC bus by at least one split DC link. The at least one split DC link includes a small capacitor connected across output terminals of the respective AC to DC converter bridge and at least one diode coupled between two terminals of the small capacitor and the large capacitor in a way to block an instantaneous current flow from the common DC bus to the respective AC to DC converter bridge in case of a fault of the AC to DC converter bridge.