Patent ID: 7944094
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: F02C,F05D,H02P

Abstract:
1. A power station ( 40 ) having a turbine section comprising a gas turbine ( 12 ) and a generator ( 28 ) which is driven directly by the gas turbine ( 12 ) and produces alternating current at a first operating frequency, and whose output can be connected to at least one consumer (V) having a predetermined second operating frequency, wherein a frequency converter in the form of a matrix converter is arranged as an electronic decoupling apparatus ( 27 ), which decouples the two operating frequencies from one another, between the generator ( 28 ) and the at least one consumer (V), the output of the generator ( 28 ) can be connected to an electrical grid ( 24 ), and a switching device ( 26 ) is provided for selective connection of the generator ( 28 ) to the electrical grid ( 24 ) and to the at least one consumer (V).