Patent ID: 11923751
Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A power system comprising:
a turbine assembly comprising a turbine and a turbine shaft;
a generator assembly comprising a generator and a generator shaft, said generator shaft extending from a first end to a second, opposed end;
an inertia assembly comprising a flywheel coupled to a flywheel shaft;
a first clutch assembly operable to couple said turbine shaft to said first end of said generator shaft; and
a second clutch assembly operable to couple said flywheel shaft to said second end of said generator shaft, wherein said power system is operable in a power generation mode when said first clutch assembly is closed and a synchronous condenser mode when said first clutch assembly is open, said second clutch assembly enabling operation of said power system in a standard inertia power generation mode and a high inertia power generation mode, wherein said power system has a first inertia constant when operating in the standard inertia power generation mode and a second inertia constant when operating in the high inertia power generation mode, the second inertia constant being greater than the first inertia constant by at least a factor of 1.25.