Patent ID: 7423411
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H02P

Abstract:
1. A resistive torsional mode damping system for a shaft of a machine, the system comprising: a sensor configured for sensing a signal representative of torque on the shaft; a controller configured for using the sensed signal for detecting a presence of a torsional vibration on the shaft corresponding to a natural frequency of the shaft and for generating control signals for damping the torsional vibration, wherein the controller comprises a bandpass filter for passing sensor signals at a frequency corresponding to the natural mode and a phase shifter for adjusting the phase shift of each filtered signal to the correct value; a damper comprising a damping converter and a resistor coupled to a DC output of the damping converter, the damping converter being coupled to the machine through a power bus and having a power rating on the order of less than or equal to about five percent of a nominal power of the machine.