Patent ID: 7042110

Claim:
An electric power-generating device comprising: a main input shaft rotated by a source of energy; one or more sensors, an output thereof being sensor information; a synchronous generator selected from a group consisting of wound field synchronous generators wherein an exciter field is excited with a constant current and permanent magnet synchronous generators, said synchronous generator being operatively connected to said main input shaft, an output of said synchronous generator being AC electrical power; a rectifier connected to said output of said synchronous generator, an output of said rectifier being DC electrical power; an active inverter capable of regulating DC current, said active inverter having a first input, a second input, and an output, said first input being connected to said output of said rectifier; and, a control unit connected to said one or more sensors and to said second input of said active inverter, said control unit capable of causing said active inverter to regulate said DC current of said active inverter in accordance with said sensor information.