NO BREAK POWER TRANSFER CONTROL FOR A VSCF POWER GENERATING SYSTEM

摘要

In aircraft applications, it may be necessary or desirable to transfer one or more loads between a variable speed, constant frequency (VSCF) power generating system and a further source of AC power. Prior controls for effecting such transfer, however, have been unduly complex. In order to overcome this problem, a control for a VSCF system senses the deviation of a parameter of the power developed by an inverter of the system relative to a parameter of the power developed by an AC power source and controls the inverter in accordance with such deviation to cause the parameter of the power developed thereby to approach the parameter of the power developed by the AC power source. The inverter and the AC power source are connected in parallel across one or more loads when the parameter deviation is within a certain range. Either the inverter or the AC power source is thereafter disconnected a certain time after the two were connected in parallel to complete the power transfer.