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An AC power generating system includes an array of permanent magnet alternators. The stator windings of these alternators are electrically connected in series and the total output voltage of the alternator array is regulated by adjusting the relative angular positions of the stators to control the p

An AC power generating system includes an array of permanent magnet alternators. The stator windings of these alternators are electrically connected in series and the total output voltage of the alternator array is regulated by adjusting the relative angular positions of the stators to control the phase angle of the output voltage of each alternator. The alternators employ an inside-out design wherein a plurality of permanent magnets are positioned at circumferentially displaced locations on an internal surface of a nonmagnetic support structure to form the rotor. A stator having a core with longitudinal slots for receiving a stator winding is positioned within the rotor structure such that relative rotation between the stator and rotor induces a voltage in the stator winding.

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An electrical generating system comprising: a plurality of permanent magnet alternators, wherein each of said alternators includes a rotor and a stator mounted such that rotation of each of said rotors induces a voltage in a stator winding in an associated one of said stators, and wherein the stator

An electrical generating system comprising: a plurality of permanent magnet alternators, wherein each of said alternators includes a rotor and a stator mounted such that rotation of each of said rotors induces a voltage in a stator winding in an associated one of said stators, and wherein the stator windings of each of said alternators are electrically connected in series; means for rotating the rotors of each of said alternators at the same speed; and means for changing the phase angle of the voltage induced in each of said stator windings such that the magnitude of the total voltage across the series connection of said stator windings remains substantially constant as the magnitude of the voltage induced in each of said stator windings changes.