Claims
- 1. A three-phase line synchronous generator, comprising:
an exciter stator having n poles; an exciter rotor having n poles and disposed for rotation within the exciter stator; a generator stator having n poles; and a generator rotor having n poles, the generator rotor being mechanically coupled to the exciter rotor and disposed for rotation within the generator stator; wherein the poles of the stators, or the poles of the rotors, are angularly displace by one pole pitch.
- 2. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 1 wherein the one pole pitch equals 3600/n, and wherein the rotors each have a three-phase winding, each of the phase windings of the exciter rotor being connected to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator rotor such that when the stators are connected to a three-phase power source, an electrical frequency induced by the rotation of the rotors is cancelled, the three-phase winding of the exciter rotor being wound in the same direction as the three-phase winding of the generator rotor, and wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter rotor are connected with reverse polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator rotor.
- 3. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 1 wherein the one pole pitch equals 3600/n, and wherein the rotors each have a three-phase winding, the three-phase winding of the exciter rotor being wound in the opposite direction as the three-phase winding of the generator rotor.
- 4. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 3 wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter rotor are connected with same polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator rotor.
- 5. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 2 wherein the one pole pitch equals 3600/n, and wherein the stators each have a three-phase winding, each of the phase windings of the exciter stator being connected to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator stator such that when the rotors are connected to a three-phase power source, an electrical frequency induced by the rotation of the rotors is cancelled, the three-phase winding of the exciter stator being wound in the same direction as the three-phase winding of the generator stator, and wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter stator are connected with reverse polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator stator.
- 6. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 1 wherein the one pole pitch equals 3600/n, and wherein the stators each have a three-phase winding, the three-phase winding of the exciter stator being wound in the opposite direction as the three-phase winding of the generator stator.
- 7. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 6 wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter stator are connected with same polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator stator.
- 8. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 1 wherein the one pole pitch is equal to 1800±3600/n.
- 9. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 8 wherein the rotors each have a three-phase winding, each of the phase windings of the exciter rotor being connected to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator rotor such that when the stators are connected to a three-phase power source, an electrical frequency induced by the rotation of the rotors is cancelled.
- 10. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 8 wherein the rotors each have a three-phase winding, the three-phase winding of the exciter rotor being wound in the opposite direction as the three-phase winding of the generator rotor.
- 11. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 10 wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter rotor are connected with reverse polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator rotor.
- 12. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 8 wherein the rotors each have a three-phase winding, the three-phase winding of the exciter rotor being wound in the same direction as the three-phase winding of the generator rotor.
- 13. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 12 wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter rotor are connected with the same polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator rotor.
- 14. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 8 wherein the stators each have a three-phase winding, each of the phase windings of the exciter stator being connected to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator stator such that when the rotors are connected to a three-phase power source, an electrical frequency induced by the rotation of the rotors is cancelled.
- 15. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 8 wherein the stators each have a three-phase winding, the three-phase winding of the exciter stator being wound in the opposite direction as the three-phase winding of the generator stator.
- 16. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 15 wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter stator are connected with reverse polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator stator.
- 17. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 8 wherein the stators each have a three-phase winding, the three-phase winding of the exciter stator being wound in the same direction as the three-phase winding of the generator stator.
- 18. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 17 wherein each of the phase windings of the exciter stator are connected with the same polarity to a corresponding one of the phase windings of the generator stator.
- 19. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 1 wherein the poles of the rotors are angularly displaced by the one pole pitch.
- 20. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 19 wherein one of the rotors is physically rotated with respect to the other rotor to obtain the angular displacement between the poles of the rotors.
- 21. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 19 wherein the windings of one of the rotors is offset from the windings of the other rotor to obtain the angular displacement between the poles of the rotors.
- 22. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 1 wherein the poles of the stators are angularly displaced by the one pole pitch.
- 23. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 22 wherein one of the stators is physically rotated with respect to the other stator to obtain the angular displacement between the poles of the stators.
- 24. The three-phase line synchronous generator of claim 22 wherein the windings of one of the stators is offset from the windings of the other stator to obtain the angular displacement between the poles of the rotors.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 10/247,789, filed Sep. 19, 2002, which is a continuation of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 09/587,202, filed Jun. 5, 2000, which is continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 09/338,002, filed Jun. 22, 1999, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,072,303 on Jun. 6, 2000, which is a continuation of PCT application No. PCT/US98/02651, filed Feb. 6, 1998, the priority of each which is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120. The PCT application No. PCT/US98/02651, as well as this application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to provisional application No. 60/037,723, filed Feb. 7, 1997. All of these applications are expressly incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth.
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