System and method for adjusting torsional frequency of a power train

摘要

A load coupling device (28) for a power train (26) including: a rotatable shaft (38); a first flange (32) on a first end of the shaft (38), wherein the first flange (32) is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft (16) of at a torque producing turbine (10) or a torque driven electrical generator (16); a second flange (20) on an opposite end of the shaft (38), wherein the shaft (20) is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft (12) of the other of the turbine (10) and the generator (16), and an annular ring (34) extending radially outward from the first flange (32), wherein the mass of the annular ring (34) is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train (26) away from an operational condition of the power train (26). Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train (26).