Multi-channel wound-field synchronous machine
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsJacek F. Gieras, Gregory I. Rozman
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Abstract
A multi-channel wound-field synchronous machine and method of assembling a multi-channel axial-flux wound-field synchronous machine are described. The machine includes an even number of stators and a plurality of field-excitation windings, each of the plurality of field-excitation windings being associated with a respective one of the stators. The machine also includes an exciter to feed all of the plurality of field-excitation windings.
Claims12
A multi-channel axial-flux wound-field synchronous machine, comprising:
- an even number of stators;
- a plurality of field-excitation windings, each of the plurality of field-excitation windings being associated with a respective one of the stators;
- and
- an exciter that feeds all of the plurality of field-excitation windings.
A method of assembling a multi-channel axial-flux wound-field synchronous machine, the method comprising:
- disposing an even number of poly-phase stators in a housing;
- disposing a plurality of rotor field-excitation windings in the housing and associating each of the plurality of rotor field-excitation windings with a respective one of the stators;
- and
- disposing an exciter in the housing, the exciter being coupled to the plurality of rotor field-excitation windings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.