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Electrical drive system for an aircraft and operating method

US10035607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Joerg Wangemann · Magdeburg, DE
Jens Schult · Seevetal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2017
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/72
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electrical drive system for an aircraft includes: at least one first and one second electrical direct voltage sources for supplying a direct voltage, and a first and a second electrical machine modules configured to convert electrical alternating voltage into mechanical movement and vice versa. The first and second modules are connected to a first and a second power inverters, respectively. The first and second inverters are connected in series and the first and the second direct voltage sources are connected in series to generate an overall direct voltage to which the inverters are connected. The power inverters each has one voltage measuring device for measuring the power inverter direct voltage present at the respective inverter and a power inverter control device for controlling the operation of the inverters in accordance with the power inverter direct voltage.

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