Inventors:
James Michael Fogarty - Schenectady NY, US
John Noel Cunningham - Roanoke VA, US
Gary Edward Gottung - Clifton Park NY, US
David Mark Stuebner - Delanson NY, US
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
H02P 9/02
Abstract:
An approach for converting a synchronous generator to a synchronous condenser is disclosed. In one aspect, a variable frequency driver is used to provide a starting power source to accelerate a synchronous generator decoupled from a turbine to an operational speed to act as a synchronous condenser. In another aspect, the synchronous condenser can be recoupled back to the turbine to form the synchronous generator.