Permanent magnet generator control

1. A method of controlling a permanent magnet AC generator ( 10 ) in a power supply system, wherein the generator is provided with stator windings and permanent magnets in a rotor, and wherein the generator is connected to a drive unit ( 50 ),

the method comprising the steps of:

controlling an output voltage of the AC generator ( 10 ) with a semiconductor converter ( 30 ) having an AC output connected to an output of the AC generator ( 10 ) and a DC link capacitor (C DC ) for controlling an output voltage of the AC generator ( 10 ), and

filtering an output voltage of the converter with filter means ( 20 ) so that an output voltage of the converter ( 30 ) fed to the AC generator ( 20 ) is filtered,

wherein a converter filter choke coupling is integrated in windings (LG 1 , LG 2 , LG 3 ) of the generator with taps (TAP 1 ) between the windings,

wherein the filter means ( 20 ) is totally integrated inside the generator, and none of the filter means ( 20 ) is disposed external of the generator.

2. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the converter ( 30 ) includes circuits which are controlled to supply current at short circuit conditions to add to a supply of the current from the generator.

3. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein at short circuit conditions, further comprising:

attaining active power on a load side of the converter ( 30 ) for covering of converter power losses from a remaining load voltage.

4. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling the DC link capacitor (C DC ) on a DC side ( 80 ) of the converter, and,

at a time of a short circuit condition, providing active power on a load side ( 70 ) of the converter ( 30 ) from the DC link capacitor (C DC ) for covering a loss of power of the converter,

wherein the DC link capacitor (C DC ) is dimensioned for recovering the loss of power during a duration of the short circuit condition.

5. A system for controlling a permanent magnet AC generator ( 10 ) having stator windings (LG 1 , LG 2 , LG 3 ) and permanent magnets in rotor thereof, the generator ( 10 ) being connected to a drive unit ( 50 ),

wherein the system includes:

a semiconductor converter ( 30 ) provided with an AC output connected to an output of the generator ( 10 ) and a DC link capacitor (C DC ) for controlling an output voltage of the AC generator ( 10 ), and

filter means ( 20 ) for filtering an output of the converter ( 30 ), so that an output of the converter ( 30 ) fed to the AC generator ( 10 ) is filtered,

wherein a converter filter choke coupling is integrated in windings (LG 1 , LG 2 , LG 3 ) of the generator with taps (TAP 1 ) between the windings,

wherein the filter means ( 20 ) is totally integrated inside the generator, and none of the filter means ( 20 ) is disposed external of the generator.

6. The system as defined in claim 5 , wherein circuits of the converter ( 30 ) are controlled to supply current at short circuit conditions to add to a supply of current from the generator.

7. The system as defined in claim 5 , wherein the generator is a three phase permanent magnet generator.

8. The system as defined in claim 5 , wherein an opposite end of each of the three chokes (L 1 ) is directly connected to the tap (TAP 1 ) associated with each of three phases of the generator.

9. The system as defined in claim 5 , wherein the converter ( 30 ) is a full-wave bridge with semiconductor switches (V 1 to V 6 ), with flywheel diodes (D 1 to D 6 ) connected in inverse-parallel with the semiconductor switches (V 1 to V 6 ), and

wherein the semiconductor switches (V 1 to V 6 ) are controlled by means of a control unit ( 40 ).