An aircraft engine assembly includes an engine housing 32, a low pressure spool 24 disposed within the engine housing, and a high pressure spool 26 disposed within the engine housing. Also included is a flux-switching machine 40 disposed within the engine housing, the flux-switching machine comprising a rotor 42, a stator 44, a field winding 50 and an armature winding 52, the flux-switching machine configured to generate power for the aircraft power system. Also provided is a method of generating electric energy for an aircraft power system. The method includes energizing a field winding set of a flux-switching machine disposed entirely within an engine housing of the aircraft engine. The method also includes outputting electrical energy to an electrical system of the aircraft with a three phase armature winding of the flux-switching machine to provide electrical power to at least one aircraft component.
AIRCRAFT ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC ENERGY FOR AN AIRCRAFT POWER SYSTEM
LUFTFAHRZEUGANTRIEB UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG ELEKTRISCHER ENERGIE FÜR EIN LUFTFAHRZEUGVERSORGUNGSSYSTEM
MOTEUR D'AÉRONEF ET PROCÉDÉ DE GÉNÉRATION D'ÉNERGIE ÉLECTRIQUE POUR UN SYSTÈME D'ALIMENTATION D'AVION
2017-11-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English