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公开(公告)号:US11976611B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17940421
申请日:2022-09-08
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
发明人: Paul R Davies , Gareth E Moore , Stephen M Husband , David R Trainer , David P Scothern , Luke George
CPC分类号: F02K3/06 , F01D15/10 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2220/36
摘要: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprises, in axial flow sequence, a compressor module, a combustor module, and a turbine module, with a first electric machine being rotationally connected to the turbine module. The first electrical machine is configured to generate a maximum electrical power PEM1 (W), and the gas turbine engine is configured to generate a maximum dry thrust T (N); and a ratio S of:
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公开(公告)号:US11646579B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17001990
申请日:2020-08-25
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
CPC分类号: H02J1/102 , B64D35/02 , F02C7/36 , H02K7/1823 , B64D2221/00 , F01D15/10 , F02C6/206 , F05D2220/76 , Y02T50/50 , Y02T50/60
摘要: Electrical systems for connecting rotary electric machines with gas turbine spools are provided. One such electrical system includes: a first rotary electric machine; a second rotary electric machine; a first set of bidirectional converter circuits; a second set of bidirectional converter circuits; and DC outputs for connection with an R-channel network. Each electrical machine is mechanically coupled with a respective gas turbine spool and has an identical even number N≥4 of phases, each phase having a respective index and including an identical number P≥1 of coils wound in a P-plex configuration in which adjacent phases are radially separated by 2π/NP mechanical radians. Each of the first and second converter circuits converts AC to and from DC, has a respective index n, and is connected with the P coils in the nth phase of the first and second rotary electric machines, respectively.
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公开(公告)号:US11512644B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-29
申请号:US17369332
申请日:2021-07-07
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
IPC分类号: F02C7/268
摘要: Gas turbine engines and methods of starting gas turbine engines, the gas turbine engine including: an electronic engine controller; one or more spools designated a starting spool for starting the engine, and has a required starting torque τs; a permanent magnet alternator mechanically coupled with the starting spool, the alternator, in a motor mode, provides a peak torque of τa, and, in a generator mode, generates electrical power for the electronic engine controller; and an electrical starter-generator mechanically coupled with the starting spool. The starter-generator in a motor mode, provides a peak torque of τsg, and, in a generator mode, generates electrical power for an external load. τsg+τa≥τs and τsg, τa
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公开(公告)号:US11152844B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-19
申请号:US16548032
申请日:2019-08-22
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
发明人: Paul R Miller , Stephen M Husband , Alexander C Smith , Charalampos Manolopoulos , Matteo Iacchetti
摘要: An electric machine including a stator having a fully non-magnetic core and stator windings formed of a non-superconducting transposed conductor to reduce eddy current losses. It further includes a rotor having a fully non-magnetic core and superconducting windings or superconducting magnets which produce a magnetic field for interaction with the stator windings. A cryogenic cooling system is arranged to cool the stator windings to reduce conduction losses in the stator windings.
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公开(公告)号:US11905887B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17988504
申请日:2022-11-16
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
发明人: Gareth E Moore , Paul R Davies , Stephen M Husband , David R Trainer , David P Scothern , Luke George , Douglas M M Herbert
CPC分类号: F02C7/262 , F01D15/10 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2220/76 , F05D2260/85 , F05D2270/092 , F05D2270/093
摘要: Multi-engine aircraft power and propulsion systems and methods of restarting an engine of a multi-engine aircraft during fight are provided. One such method comprises: determining a condition to the effect that a flame in the combustion equipment of the second gas turbine engine has been extinguished; responsive to the determination, supplying electrical power from the electrical energy storage system to one or more of the electric machines of the second gas turbine engine and operating said one or more electric machines as motors to limit a reduction in a speed of the one or more spools of the second gas turbine engine following extinguishment of the flame in its combustion equipment; and restarting the second gas turbine engine by relighting the combustion equipment of the second gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US11532937B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-20
申请号:US17002086
申请日:2020-08-25
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
摘要: Electrical systems for connecting rotary electric machines with gas turbine spools are provided. One such electrical system comprises: a first rotary electric machine mechanically coupled with a first gas turbine spool and a second rotary electric machine mechanically coupled with a second gas turbine spool, each said electric machine having an identical even number N≥4 of phases, each phase having a respective index n=(1, . . . , N), and each phase comprising an identical number P≥1 of coils wound in a P-plex configuration in which adjacent phases are radially separated by 2π/NP mechanical radians; a first set of N bidirectional converter circuits for conversion of alternating current (ac) to and from direct current (dc), each converter circuit having a respective index n and being connected with the P coils in the nth phase of the first rotary electric machine; and a second set of N bidirectional converter circuits for conversion of ac to and from dc, each converter circuit having a respective index n and being connected with the P coils in the nth phase of the second rotary electric machine. For all n, a dc side of the nth converter circuit in said first set is connected with a dc side of the nth converter circuit in said second set to facilitate dc power transfer between the first gas turbine spool and the second gas turbine spool.
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公开(公告)号:US11879413B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
申请号:US17940480
申请日:2022-09-08
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
发明人: Paul R Davies , Gareth E Moore , Stephen M Husband , David R Trainer , David P Scothern , Luke George
CPC分类号: F02K3/06 , F01D15/10 , F02C7/141 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2220/36 , F05D2260/213 , F05D2260/606
摘要: An aircraft gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger module, and a core engine. The core engine includes an intermediate-pressure compressor, high-pressure compressor, and high and low-pressure turbines. The high-pressure compressor rotationally connects to the high-pressure turbine by a first shaft, and the intermediate-pressure compressor rotationally connects to the low-pressure turbine by a second shaft. The heat exchanger module fluidly communicates with the core engine by an inlet duct. The heat exchanger module includes a central hub and multiple heat transfer elements extending radially from the hub and spaced in a circumferential array, for heat energy transfer from a first fluid within the elements to an inlet airflow passing over a surface of the elements prior to airflow entry into an inlet to the core engine. The gas turbine engine further includes a first electric machine rotationally connected to the first shaft, and positioned downstream of the heat exchanger module.
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