A variable-speed constant-frequency (VSCF) power converter includes a generator control operable to regulate an output voltage of a variable frequency generator at a variable frequency. The VSCF power generator also includes an inverter control operable to regulate a VSCF output voltage at a point-of-regulation at a constant frequency, where the generator control and the inverter control independently control a main line contactor of the point-of-regulation to provide redundant fault protection for an aircraft use.

A method for mitigating voltage disturbances at a point of interconnection (POI) of a grid-forming inverter-based resource (IBR) due to flicker includes receiving a voltage reference command and a voltage feedback. The voltage feedback contains information indicative of the voltage disturbances at the POI due to the flicker. The method also includes determining a power reference signal for the IBR based on the voltage reference command and the voltage feedback. Moreover, the method includes generating a current vector reference signal based on the power reference signal, the current vector reference signal containing a frequency component of the voltage disturbances. Further, the method includes generating a transfer function of a regulator based on the frequency component to account for the flicker effect. In addition, the method includes generating a current vector based on a comparison of the current vector reference signal and a current vector feedback signal. Thus, the method includes regulating a voltage vector command using the current vector to mitigate the voltage disturbances.

A method for mitigating voltage disturbances at a point of interconnection (POI) of a grid-forming inverter-based resource (IBR) due to flicker includes receiving a voltage reference command and a voltage feedback. The voltage feedback contains information indicative of the voltage disturbances at the POI due to the flicker. The method also includes determining a power reference signal for the IBR based on the voltage reference command and the voltage feedback. Moreover, the method includes generating a current vector reference signal based on the power reference signal, the current vector reference signal containing a frequency component of the voltage disturbances. Further, the method includes generating a transfer function of a regulator based on the frequency component to account for the flicker effect. In addition, the method includes generating a current vector based on a comparison of the current vector reference signal and a current vector feedback signal. Thus, the method includes regulating a voltage vector command using the current vector to mitigate the voltage disturbances.

A method is provided for controlling the operation of a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a generator, a converter, a converter control unit, a wind turbine controller and a connection device to an external electrical power grid, wherein electrical power generated by the generator is input into the power grid via the converter, wherein the wind turbine controller is configured to determine a fault condition according to a fault condition signal and to active a safe operating mode in response to the fault condition signal indicating a fault condition, wherein the fault condition signal is determined by evaluating changes in an available output power signal generated by the converter control unit, the available output power signal describing the active output power available from the converter.

The present invention relates to a method for operating a power generating assembly in the event of a fault, wherein the power generating assembly comprises a PMG comprising at least first and second sets of stator windings, wherein each set of stator windings is connected to a power converter via a controllable circuit breaker, the method comprising the steps of detecting a fault associated with the first set of stator windings, and lowering, such as interrupting, the current in the second set of stator windings, and, after a predetermined delay, lowering, such as interrupting, the current in the first set of stator windings. The present invention also relates to a power generating assembly being capable of handling such faults, and a wind turbine generator comprising such a power generating assembly.

A generator set configured to provide an electrical output to an external electrical load. The generator set includes an engine configured to drive an electric generator, the engine including an engine block, where the electric generator is configured to couple to the external electrical load. The generator set includes a heating system in fluid communication with the engine block, the heating system including an electric fluid heater, where the electric jacket fluid includes a resistive load configured to supplement the external electrical load. The generator set includes a control system for: monitoring a first parameter of the engine; generating a first control signal in response to the first parameter being less than a first threshold; and increasing the external electrical load by turning on the electric fluid heater in response to the first control signal.

The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation of a VSM wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a machine side converter, a line side converter, a DC link, and an electric storage device electrically connected to the DC link. The method comprises determining a first power control signal to the machine side converter, determining a second power control signal for controlling a desired output power of the line side converter based on a storage device voltage error, and a power production reference, and determining a charging current reference for controlling charging and discharging of the electric storage device based on a DC-link voltage error.

A method for controlling a converter, preferably a generator-side active rectifier of a power converter of a wind power installation, comprising: specifying a target value for the converter; specifying a carrier signal for the converter; capturing an actual value; determining a distortion variable from the target value and the actual value; and determining driver signals for the converter on the basis of the distortion variable and the carrier signal.

Multiphase generator-conversion systems are disclosed. The system includes a multiphase generator having one rotor and m+1 number of electromagnetically coupled stators, each stator having a plurality of phase legs. The system includes a converter having m+1 conversion lines, each conversion line connected to the plurality of phase legs of one of the m+1 stators. Each conversion line has a rectification module. At most m of the m+1 rectification modules has an active filtering converter. At least one of the m+1 rectification modules has a passive rectifier. At least one of the active filtering converters is configured to directly control its current to vary the magnetic flux of the stator to which it is connected and indirectly affect the magnetic flux of the rest of the stators through the electromagnetic coupling. Also disclosed are wind turbines that include generation conversion systems and methods of mitigating harmonics in multi-phase generator-conversion systems.

A bearing arrangement includes a shaft, at least one contact bearing and at least one non-contact bearing and a controller. The controller is configured to control a magnitude of a restoring force applied to the shaft by the non-contact bearing in accordance with a sensed parameter such that a stiffness of the shaft is modified such that one or more resonance frequencies of the shaft are moved away from one or more external forcing frequencies.