Patent ID: 6876096
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. An electrical power generation unit including drive means for driving a drive shaft; a first electrical generator which is configured to be connected to and driven by the drive shaft in use; one or more secondary electrical generator which is configured to be connected to and driven by the drive shaft; and the total output of the first electrical generator being transformed by a transformer to an excitation voltage sufficient to excite or energise field coils of the one or more secondary generator to a voltage not exceeding the saturation voltage of the field coils of the one or more secondary generator, thereby to effect electromechanical feedback regulation of the output current from the one or more secondary generator to smooth out fluctuations in the output energy delivered by the one or more secondary generator under a sustained loading condition as well as to smooth out fluctuations in the output energy delivered by the first generator.