摘要:
Methods and systems are disclosed for reducing alternating current ripples in direct current electrical power generation systems with one or more regulated permanent magnet machines. Ripple suppression is achieved, in one aspect, by modulating the control current of a regulated permanent magnet machine.
摘要:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling a system comprising at least one electric motor. The motor drive circuit includes a reconfigurable active snubber. Under given resonance conditions, the active snubber is configured to use a resistive element to dissipate electrical transients across the commutation circuit.
摘要:
An aircraft electrical system comprises a generator to be driven as part of a gas turbine engine. The generator supplies electrical power to a plurality of accessories associated with the gas turbine engine, and to an aircraft DC bus in parallel to the supply to the accessories. A battery supplies voltage to a control circuit for the generator through a selectively opened and closed switch. A control detects a short circuit on the aircraft DC bus. The battery switch allows power from the battery to flow to provide control voltage for the generator when the control detects a short circuit on the aircraft DC bus.
摘要:
An electromechanical power transfer system that transfers power between a prime mover and a direct current (DC) electrical power system, comprises: a permanent magnet machine (PMM) that has a permanent magnet (PM) rotor coupled to the prime mover, a stator with a multiphase alternating current (AC) winding coupled to an AC bus and a control coil with a winding that has a configuration to generate a magnetic field with flux that varies the reactance of the stator winding with the application of control coil current; a position sensing system for generating a rotor position signal that is representative of the angular position of the PM rotor; a control coil current sensor for generating a control coil current signal that is representative of the level of electrical current in the control coil; an electrical potential sensor for generating a DC bus potential signal that is representative of the level of DC potential on the DC bus; an electrical current sensor for generating a DC bus current signal that is representative of the level of DC current that the active rectifier supplies to the electrical load by way of the DC bus; an output power estimator that compares the DC bus potential signal with the DC bus current signal to generate an output power signal; a differentiator that receives the output power signal to generate a respective rate of output power signal; a summer that adds the rate of output power signal with the DC bus potential signal to generate a DC potential feedback signal; and a selectable main active/passive rectifier system for converting multiphase AC power developed by the stator to DC power supplied to the electrical load by way of a DC bus; a control coil current regulator system to regulate the control coil current; wherein the control coil current regulator system generates a level of the control coil current that regulates current in the stator to a desired level in response to a control coil current feedback loop that comprises the control coil current signal and a DC bus potential feedback loop that comprises the DC potential feedback signal and in a generating mode the main active rectifier system maintains a constant potential on the DC bus regardless of sudden changes in electrical load on the DC bus in response to the DC bus potential feedback loop and the rotor position feedback loop; and wherein both the control coil current regulator system and the main active rectifier system switch from an active regulating mode to a protection non-regulating mode upon detection of a fault in the DC bus.
摘要:
An electromechanical power transfer system that transfers power between a direct current (DC) electrical power system and a prime mover, comprises: a permanent magnet machine (PMM) comprising a permanent magnet (PM) rotor that rotates a drive shaft of the prime mover, a stator with a multiphase alternating current (AC) winding coupled to the AC bus for developing a rotating magnetic field with a magnetic flux path that causes rotation of the PM rotor and a control coil with a winding that has a configuration to generate a magnetic field with flux that varies the reactance of the stator winding upon the application of current through the control coil; a plurality of AC current sensors for sensing the current in each phase of the multi-phase AC bus and generating respective AC bus current signals that represent the current level of each phase; an average current detector that receives the AC bus current signals and generates a respective current load feedback signal; a back electromotive force (emf) detector coupled to the AC bus that detects back emf generated by the stator in response to the application of AC power to the stator and generates a back emf signal representative of the detected level of back emf; a rotor position/speed estimator that receives the back emf signal and generates an estimated rotor position signal that is representative of the position of the rotor, an estimated rotor speed signal that is representative of the speed of the rotor and a closed loop enable signal that indicates a speed for the electrical starting system to switch from an open loop mode of operation to a closed loop mode of operation; a control coil current sensor for generating a control coil current signal in a control coil current feedback loop that is representative of the level of electrical current in the control coil; a first speed switch that switches between an open loop position reference signal that represents a desired position of the rotor in an open loop mode and the estimated rotor position signal that represents the position of the rotor in a closed loop mode to provide a position reference signal; a second speed switch that switches between an open loop current reference signal that represents a desired control coil current level in the open loop mode and a closed loop current reference signal that represents a desired control coil current level in the closed loop mode to provide a control coil current reference signal; an inverter/rectifier system for converting DC power from the DC power system to multiphase alternating current (AC) power on an AC bus; a control coil current regulator system for regulating current through the control coil; wherein the inverter/rectifier system responds to the position reference signal, the current load feedback signal and a current load reference signal to regulate acceleration of the PMM; wherein the control coil current regulator system responds to the control coil current reference signal and the control coil current feedback signal to regulate current in the PMM; and wherein the power transfer system starts in the open loop mode, the rotor position/speed estimator generates the closed loop enable signal that indicates a speed for the electrical starting system to switch from the open loop mode of operation to the closed loop mode of operation at a predetermined rotor speed, and the first and second speed switches respond to the closed loop enable mode to switch from their open loop mode to their closed loop mode.
摘要:
A power generating system provides high voltage AC power and low voltage DC power using a single generator. The generator includes a rotor and a stator that is wound with a first winding and a second winding. The first winding has a greater number of turns than the second winding and generates high voltage AC power in response to the rotating magnetic field created by the rotor. The second winding generates low voltage AC power in response to the rotating magnetic field created by the rotor. The low voltage AC power is converted to low voltage DC power by a rectifier. The low voltage DC power is further controlled by a DC-DC converter to generate controlled DC power. A controller monitors the DC power generated by the DC-DC converter, and generates pulse width modulation signals that are provided to the DC-DC converter, selectively increasing or decreasing the controlled DC power provided by the DC-DC converter.
摘要:
A turbine engine inspection arrangement utilizes a motor that is otherwise utilized for starting the engine. An inspection interface allows for communicating with a motor controller to operate the motor in an inspection mode. During inspection, the motor moves the components of the engine very slowly or in an incremental fashion to facilitate visual inspection of the engine components, such as the turbine blades.
摘要:
An active filtration or harmonic scrubber system for power systems that convert AC power on an AC bus to DC power that cancels or reduces harmonic current injected by nonlinear loads onto the AC bus using high-bandwidth pulse width modulation (PWM) inverters.
摘要:
An AC to DC converter is controlled so that its output DC is substantially ripple free and so that its input AC has substantially unity power factor. The AC to DC converter is controlled in response to the voltage and current of the input AC so that the power factor of the input AC is substantially unity. The AC to DC converter is also controlled in response to the output DC so that ripple in the output DC is suppressed. An error between the output DC and a DC reference may be integrated in a low gain path during substantially steady state conditions and in a high gain path during transient conditions so as to suppress ripple in the output DC.
摘要:
A motor generator system (120) in accordance with the invention includes a prime mover (21) for driving an output shaft (18), a main motor generator (105), having a rotor driven by the output shaft, for producing electrical power on at least one output winding (36a-36c) in response to the prime mover rotating the output shaft and for driving the output shaft in response to operation as a motor; an exciter (102) for applying excitation to a field winding (34) of the main motor generator during operation for producing electrical power on the at least one output winding and for applying current to the field winding of the main motor and generator to produce a magnetic field in the field winding during operation of the main motor generator as a motor; circuitry (122), responsive to current in a field winding (204) of the exciter, for producing an output signal representing a position of the rotor of the main motor generator driven by the output shaft; and a main inverter (114), responsive to the output signal, for commutating application of electrical current to the at least one output winding to control operation of the main motor generator during operation as a motor.