System and method for preventing permanent magnet demagnetization in electrical machines

    公开(公告)号:US10230321B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15790251

    申请日:2017-10-23

    Abstract: A motor drive for driving a permanent magnet electrical machine includes an inverter having switches that are selectively operated to control current flow and terminal voltages in the electrical machine and a controller operatively connected to the inverter to control switching of the switches to control the current flow and terminal voltages in the electrical machine. The controller receives inputs regarding at least one of currents and voltages provided to the electrical machine on one or more phases, analyzes the voltages and currents to identify a fault in the electrical machine, and controls switching of the plurality of switches in the inverter to modify current flow and terminal voltages in the electrical machine based on the identified fault, with the modified current flow and terminal voltages in the electrical machine preventing demagnetization of the permanent magnets in the electrical machine.

    METHOD TO DETECT VIBRATION NODES BETWEEN A SENSOR AND AN ACTUATOR IN A ROTATABLE COMPONENT
    33.
    发明申请
    METHOD TO DETECT VIBRATION NODES BETWEEN A SENSOR AND AN ACTUATOR IN A ROTATABLE COMPONENT 有权
    检测传感器和可转动部件中的执行器之间的振动点的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160139083A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-19

    申请号:US14541953

    申请日:2014-11-14

    Abstract: A method of detecting a vibration node between a non-collocated sensor-actuator pair of a rotatable component includes applying an excitation signal to an actuator of the sensor actuator pair. The method also includes obtaining frequency response data from the sensor-actuator pair. The method further includes analyzing the frequency response data to ascertain a resonant frequency of the rotatable component. The method includes identifying a resonance/anti-resonance peak pair in the frequency response data for the non-collocated sensor-actuator pair. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether the vibration node is located between a sensor and the actuator of the non-collocated sensor-actuator pair based on the resonance/anti-resonance peak pair.

    Abstract translation: 检测可旋转部件的非配置传感器 - 致动器对之间的振动节点的方法包括将激励信号施加到传感器致动器对的致动器。 该方法还包括从传感器 - 致动器对获得频率响应数据。 该方法还包括分析频率响应数据以确定可旋转部件的共振频率。 该方法包括识别用于非并置的传感器 - 致动器对的频率响应数据中的共振/反共振峰对。 此外,该方法包括基于共振/反共振峰对,确定振动节点是否位于传感器和非并置的传感器 - 致动器对的致动器之间。

    ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING REDUCED TORQUE OSCILLATIONS AND AXIAL THRUST
    34.
    发明申请
    ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING REDUCED TORQUE OSCILLATIONS AND AXIAL THRUST 有权
    具有减少扭矩振荡和轴向扭矩的电机

    公开(公告)号:US20150069879A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-12

    申请号:US14313380

    申请日:2014-06-24

    Abstract: A component that includes a longitudinal axle, having a multiple keybars that extend outward from a surface of the axle, such that each of the keybars are disposed axially along and circumferentially around the axle. Also the axis of the keybars is parallel to the axle, such that a profile of all midpoints of the keybars is helicoidal around the axle, also the helicoidal profile is such that they make up one or more helicoidal paths. The profile may be herringbone skewed. The component may be part of a rotor assembly that is part of an electric machine such as an interior permanent magnet (IPM) or Synchronous Reluctance motor.

    Abstract translation: 一种包括纵向轴的部件,其具有从所述轴的表面向外延伸的多个键杆,使得每个所述键棒沿着所述轴线并沿周向设置。 键杆的轴线也平行于车轴,使得钥匙杆的所有中点的轮廓在轴上是螺旋形的,并且螺旋形轮廓使得它们构成一个或多个螺旋路径。 轮廓可能是人字歪斜。 该部件可以是作为诸如内部永磁体(IPM)或同步磁阻电动机的电机的一部分的转子组件的一部分。

    AC electrical power system for a vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12257963B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US18502411

    申请日:2023-11-06

    Abstract: An AC electrical system for a vehicle and methods of operating the same are provided. In one aspect, an AC electrical system includes a first electric machine mechanically coupled with a first spool of a gas turbine engine and a second electric machine mechanically coupled with a second spool of the gas turbine engine. The system also includes a first AC bus and a second AC bus. A first electrical channel electrically couples the first electric machine to the first AC bus and a second electrical channel electrically couples the second electric machine to the second AC bus. The system also includes one or more connection links and one or more power converters for selectively electrically coupling the first and second electrical channels so that electrical power generated by one electric machine can be converted and shared with the other electric machine and electrical loads of the other channel.

    METHOD OF GENERATING POWER WITH AN ELECTRIC MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240426239A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-26

    申请号:US18430755

    申请日:2024-02-02

    Abstract: A method is provided of generating electric power with an electric machine. The method includes rotating a rotor of the electric machine relative to a stator of the electric machine with a shaft of a gas turbine engine during an operating condition of the gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine being a three-stream gas turbine engine defining an axial direction, the three-stream gas turbine engine comprising: the shaft, a primary fan operatively coupled with the shaft, a mid-fan positioned downstream of the primary fan and operatively coupled with the shaft, a low pressure turbine operatively coupled with the shaft, wherein rotating the rotor of the electric machine relative to the stator of the electric machine comprises generating an electric machine power during the operating condition and generating a low pressure turbine power during the operating condition.

    ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    37.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230348085A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US17730683

    申请日:2022-04-27

    CPC classification number: B64D31/00 B64D29/02 B64D27/12 B64D2221/00

    Abstract: A vehicle includes a gas turbine engine having at least two spools and an associated power system. The power system includes two independent power subsystems, including a first power subsystem for managing power transfer between spools and a second power subsystem for supplying a base power load to the vehicle. The first power subsystem has a first electric machine mechanically coupled with a first spool of the gas turbine engine and a second electric machine mechanically coupled with a second spool. The second electric machine is electrically coupled with the first electric machine such that electrical power is transmittable therebetween. The second power subsystem has a third electric machine mechanically coupled with one of the spools. The third electric machine is electrically coupled with a load positioned offboard the gas turbine engine. The first power subsystem and the second power subsystem are electrically decoupled from one another.

    ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220258867A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17738165

    申请日:2022-05-06

    Abstract: An electric power system for a vehicle includes at least one electric machine, one or more power rectifiers, and a plurality of DC channels. The at least one electric machine includes a plurality of tooth-wound multi-phase windings that are substantially magnetically decoupled, and the at least one electric machine is mechanically balanced even if one of the plurality of windings is de-energized. The one or more power rectifiers are configured to produce rectified power from the power generated by the at least one electric machine. The plurality of DC channels are formed after the at least one power rectifier and are configured to provide DC power to one or more loads within a vehicle.

    MONOLITHIC HEAT-EXCHANGER BODIES
    39.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210062756A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17086868

    申请日:2020-11-02

    Abstract: A monolithic heat exchanger body for inputting heat to a closed-cycle engine may include a plurality of heating walls and heat sink, such as a plurality of heat transfer regions. The plurality of heating walls may be configured and arranged in an array of spirals or spiral arcs relative to a longitudinal axis of an inlet plenum. Adjacent portions of the plurality of heating walls may respectively define a corresponding plurality of heating fluid pathways therebetween, for example, fluidly communicating with the inlet plenum. At least a portion of the heat sink may be disposed about at least a portion of the monolithic heat exchanger body. The heat sink may include a plurality of working-fluid bodies, for example, including a plurality of working-fluid pathways that have a heat transfer relationship with the plurality of heating fluid pathways. Respective ones of the plurality of heat transfer regions may have a heat transfer relationship with a corresponding semiannular portion of the plurality of heating fluid pathways. Respective ones of the plurality of heat transfer regions may include a plurality of working-fluid pathways fluidly communicating between a heat input region and a heat extraction region.

    MONOLITHIC HEAT-EXCHANGER BODIES
    40.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200370842A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16878773

    申请日:2020-05-20

    Abstract: A monolithic heat exchanger body includes a plurality of heating walls and a plurality of combustion fins. The plurality of heating walls are configured and arranged in an array of spirals or spiral arcs relative to a longitudinal axis. Adjacent portions of the plurality of heating walls respectively define a corresponding plurality of heating fluid pathways therebetween. The plurality of combustion fins are circumferentially spaced about a perimeter of an inlet plenum. The inlet plenum includes or fluidly communicates with a combustion chamber. The plurality of heating fluid pathways fluidly communicate with the inlet plenum. The plurality of combustion fins occupy a radially or concentrically inward portion of the monolithic heat exchanger body. The plurality of heating fluid pathways have a heat transfer relationship with a heat sink disposed about a radially or concentrically outward portion of the monolithic heat exchanger body. A plurality of conduction breaks disposed radially or concentrically outward relative to the plurality of combustion fins at least partially inhibit heat conduction from the plurality of combustion fins to the plurality of heating walls.

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