Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.

Abstract: A wind turbine bearing system for a rotating main shaft of a wind turbine includes a double-row tapered roller bearing assembly (64) having a one-piece inner race element. The inner race element defines first and second inner raceways. The roller bearing assembly further includes first and second sets of tapered rollers seated within the corresponding first and second inner raceways. The bearing assembly also includes a two-piece outer race element, each piece of the two-piece outer race element defining a respective outer raceway. Each piece of the two-piece outer race element has a cylindrical outer diameter defining an outer contact surface. The system further includes a pillow block housing assembly that defines a cylindrical inner diameter (46) substantially matched to the outer contact surfaces (144,148) of the pieces of the two-piece outer race element to define an interface between the pillow block housing assembly and the bearing assembly.