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Command and control system for controlling operational sequencing of multiple turbogenerators using a selected control mode

  • US 6,664,653 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/2000
  • Issued: 12/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A command and control system for a plurality of turbogenerators, comprising:

  • a plurality of individual turbogenerators, each of said plurality of individual turbogenerators having a controller;

    a command and control system bus, each of said plurality of individual turbogenerator controllers operably connected to said command and control system bus;

    a plurality of disconnect switches, a disconnect switch provided in each operable connection of an individual turbogenerator controller to said command and control bus;

    a bidirectional power meter;

    a master controller operably associated with each of the turbogenerator controllers and with said bi-directional power meter to control operational sequencing of the individual turbogenerators in a selected control mode; and

    a junction box operably connecting an electric utility, said power meter, the output of the plurality of individual turbogenerators, and a load, wherein said operational sequencing includes the starting stopping and loading of each of said plurality of individual turbogenerators, and wherein a turbogenerator is automatically restarted in the event of a fault shutdown.

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