IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,385
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,385 · App. 13/268,478 · Granted May 13, 2014

Generator

Inventors: Xiaochuan Jia (Centerville, OH); Hao Huang (Troy, OH)
Assignee: General Electric Company
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Patent No.
US 8,723,385
App. No.
13/268,478
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A generator, such as for a gas turbine engine, includes an integrated auto transformer unit having secondary windings connected to a main windings.

Claims (16)

1. A generator with an integrated auto transformer unit (ATU) comprising:

a power generation section including a stator having three main windings and a rotor; and

an ATU section integrated with the power generation section by including at least two secondary windings connected to each of the three main windings without duplicating windings in both the power generation and ATU sections;

a first set of conductors connected to the three main windings; and

a second set of conductors connected to each of the at least two secondary windings; wherein

the first set of conductors is configured to supply a first generated power to a first load, and the second set of conductors is configured to supply a second generated power to a second load.

2. The generator of claim 1 wherein the at least two secondary windings comprise three secondary windings.

3. The generator of claim 2 wherein the three secondary windings are connected to each other in a delta configuration.

4. The generator of claim 1 wherein the three main windings are connected to each other in a Wye configuration.

5. The generator of claim 1 wherein the three main windings are connected to each other in a delta configuration.

6. The generator of claim 1 wherein the integrated auto transformer unit is configured to transmit pulses in a multiple of six.

7. The generator of claim 1 wherein the integrated auto transformer unit comprises a pulse count of one of 12, 18, and 24.

8. The generator of claim 1 , further comprising a third set of conductors connected to each of the first set of conductors.

9. The generator of claim 1 , further comprising one additional winding connected to each of the three main windings and configured to deliver AC power to a bus.

10. A gas turbine engine comprising the generator of claim 1 .

11. The gas turbine engine of claim 10 wherein the rotor is operably coupled with a spool of the gas turbine engine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2011
From: JIA, XIAOCHUAN; HUANG, HAO
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Continuity (1)
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