Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbomachine with an electric machine assembly and method for operation
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Application No.: US17242386Application Date: 2021-04-28
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Publication No.: US11671040B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Justin Paul Smith , Kurt David Murrow , Darek Tomasz Zatorski , Patrick Michael Marrinan
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02P9/04
- IPC: H02P9/04 ; F02C7/36 ; F02C9/32 ; H02P9/00 ; F01D15/10 ; F01D19/00

Abstract:
A turbomachine and method for operating a turbomachine comprising a first rotatable component and a second rotatable component each defining a rotatable speed mechanically independent of one another, and an electric machine electrically coupled to the first rotatable component and the second rotatable component such that a load level relative to the first rotatable component and the second rotatable component is adjustable is generally provided. The method includes adjusting a first load at a first rotor assembly of the electric machine electrically coupled to the first rotatable component such that a first speed of the first rotatable component is increased or decreased based on an engine condition and the first load; adjusting a second load at a second rotor assembly of the electric machine electrically coupled to the second rotatable component such that a second speed of the second rotatable component is decreased or increased based on the engine condition and the second load; and transferring electrical energy generated from at least one of the first rotatable component or the second rotatable component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210249978A1 TURBOMACHINE WITH AN ELECTRIC MACHINE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATION Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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