ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230159177A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18053015

    申请日:2022-11-07

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an electrical power system for providing a stabilised DC voltage to a power bus. Example embodiments include an electrical power system comprising: a DC power bus having first and second DC power bus terminals; an electrical storage unit having first and second terminals, the second terminal connected to the second DC power bus terminal; a DC:DC converter having first and second DC:AC converters and a transformer connected between the first and second DC:AC converters, the first DC:AC converter connected between the first terminal of the electrical storage unit and the first DC power bus terminal; and a controller connected to control a switching operation of one or both of the first and second DC:AC converters.

    ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230136376A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17957778

    申请日:2022-09-30

    申请人: Rolls-Royce plc

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00 H02M3/335 B64D27/24

    摘要: An electrical power system including: an electrical power source, a power electronics converter, an electrical network, a current limiting diode and a controllable circuit interruption device, wherein: the current limiting diode is configured to limit a fault current passing between the electrical power source and the electrical network in a fault condition; and the controllable circuit interruption device is configured to interrupt the fault current in response to a determination that the electrical power system is in the fault condition.

    ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240146208A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18488386

    申请日:2023-10-17

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: H02M5/42 B64D27/24 H02M1/32

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an electrical power system with current fault protection provided by current limiting diodes. Example embodiments include an electrical power system comprising: an electrical machine; an AC:DC power electronics converter connected to receive an input AC supply from the electrical machine and provide an output DC supply across first and second output terminals; a DC bus connected to first and second output terminals of the AC:DC power electronics converter; a load connected across the DC bus; a first circuit breaker switch and a first current limiting diode connected in series between the AC:DC power electronics converter and the DC bus; and a second circuit breaker switch and a second current limiting diode connected in series between the DC bus and the load, wherein the first current limiting diode is configured to limit current to a higher level than the second current limiting diode.

    AIRCRAFT POWER AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS COMPRISING PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRICAL MACHINES

    公开(公告)号:US20240084710A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18204068

    申请日:2023-05-31

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F01D15/10 B64D27/24

    摘要: Reconfigurable permanent magnet electrical machines and aircraft power and propulsion systems including the electrical machines. An aircraft power and propulsion system includes: a gas turbine engine; DC electrical network; permanent magnet electrical machine including a rotor drivingly coupled to a spool of the engine, and a stator including windings controllably switchable between a star and a delta configuration; an AC-DC power electronics converter, an AC side is connected to terminals of the stator windings and a DC side is connected to the DC electrical network; an additional electrical power source connected to and controllable to supply electrical power to the DC electrical network; and a control system configured to control the switching of the stator windings between the configurations and to control the additional electrical power source to supply electrical power to the DC electrical network during a time interval when the stator is being switched between the configurations.

    CURRENT LIMITING DIODE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230137501A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17957273

    申请日:2022-09-30

    申请人: Rolls-Royce plc

    IPC分类号: H02H9/02 G05F3/24

    摘要: There is provided a current limiting diode comprising a gate, a source, and a drain electrically connected to the source by an n-channel or p-channel; wherein the source and the gate are electrically connected by a fill structure comprising a phase-change fill material, and wherein the phase-change fill material is configured to absorb heat from the n-channel or p-channel by changing phase.

    AIRCRAFT POWER AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS COMPRISING PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRICAL MACHINES

    公开(公告)号:US20240204594A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18204112

    申请日:2023-05-31

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    摘要: Reconfigurable permanent magnet electrical machines and aircraft power and propulsion systems comprising such electrical machines are described. In one aspect, an aircraft power and propulsion system comprises: a gas turbine engine; a permanent magnet electrical machine comprising a rotor drivingly coupled to a spool of the gas turbine engine, and a stator comprising windings controllably switchable between a star configuration and a delta configuration; a DC electrical network; an AC:DC power electronics converter, an AC side of which is connected to terminals of the stator windings of the electrical machine and a DC side of which is connected to the DC electrical network; and a control system. The control system is configured to monitor at least one operating condition of the power and propulsion system and to control the switching of the stator windings between the star configuration and the delta configuration based on the at least one operating condition.

    ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240002062A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18333873

    申请日:2023-06-13

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an electrical power system for connecting an electrical machine to first and second DC networks operating at different voltages. In an embodiment, an electrical power system comprises: an electrical machine having first, second, third and fourth windings; first, second, third and fourth AC:DC power electronics converters each connected to receive an input AC supply from the respective first, second, third and fourth windings, each AC:DC power electronics converter having first and second DC output terminals connecting the AC:DC power electronics converters to first, second and third DC supply output terminals, wherein the first and second windings are arranged to provide an AC supply to the respective first and second AC:DC power electronics converters in quadrature to each other and the third and fourth windings are arranged to provide an AC supply to the respective third and fourth AC:DC power electronics converters in quadrature to each other.

    GAS TURBINE ENGINE SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICAL POWER EXTRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20200052552A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16516796

    申请日:2019-07-19

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: H02K7/18 H02P9/02 F02C9/56

    摘要: An engine system comprises first and second electrical generators coupled to lower and higher pressure (LP, HP) shafts respectively of a gas turbine engine. A controller is arranged to receive a signal corresponding to a total electrical power demand P1 and to output control signals to the electrical generators in response thereto such that the first and second electrical generators output electrical powers (1−y)P1 and yP1 respectively when P1≤Pm1, where 0.5