Patent ID: 6169334
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
A command and control system for a plurality of permanent magnet turbogenerators, comprising: a plurality of individual permanent magnet turbogenerators, each of said plurality of individual permanent magnet turbogenerators having a controller; a command and control system bus, each of said plurality of individual permanent magnet turbogenerator controllers operably connected to said command and control system bus; a plurality of disconnect switches, a disconnect switch provided in each operable connection of an individual permanent magnet turbogenerator controller to said command and control bus; a bi-directional power meter; a master controller operably connected to each of the permanent magnet turbogenerator controllers and with said bi-directional power meter to control the individual permanent magnet turbogenerators in a selected control mode; and a junction box operably connecting an electric utility, said power meter, the output of the plurality of individual permanent magnet turbogenerators, and a load.