Electrical power generating system
Abstract
An alternating current power generation system adopted to inject power in an already powered power line is discussed. The power generating system solves to adjustably coup an induction motor, as a generator, to an ac power line wherein the motor and power line are connected through a triac. The triac is regulated to normally turn on at a relatively late point in each half cycle of its operation, whereby at less than operating speed, and thus when the induction motor functions as a motor rather than as a generator, power consumption from the line is substantially reduced. The principal application will be for windmill powered generation.
- Publication:
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NASA Patent Application
- Pub Date:
- March 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981pata.reptQ....N
- Keywords:
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- Electric Current;
- Electric Generators;
- Electric Power;
- Semiconductor Devices;
- Thyristors;
- Windmills (Windpowered Machines);
- Windpowered Generators;
- Ac Generators;
- Electric Power Transmission;
- Patent Applications;
- Power Lines;
- Propeller Drive;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering