US 4,284,913 AGranted

Cooling arrangement for an integrated drive-generator system

AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.

InventorScott B. Barnhardt

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Abstract

An integrated drive-generator system in which a casing housing a constant speed drive unit is attached to a casing housing a generator unit with means being provided to isolate mechanically debilitating debris within the unit which expelled it and so avoid damaging the other unit. The units share a common lubrication-coolant fluid system which provides fluid circulation to both from a reservoir. Expelled debris is isolated within the faulty unit by a barrier partition which separates the interiors of the units' casings and supports a breather which promotes fluid communication between the units' casings and permits a single pressurizing device to service both units. A scavenge pump for extracting fluid from each unit and transmitting it to the reservoir is located within the unit it services. As a result, if debris expelled by either unit becomes entrained in the fluid of that unit, only the scavenge pump within that unit will be damaged or jammed and system repair will be limited to the faulty unit. Thus, the units are cooperatively integrated as regards their functioning, but are effectively segregated as regards debilitating debris within the debris originating unit so as to isolate and minimize the damage to the system.

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Dependent claims

An integrated drive generator system comprising:

a constant speed drive unit, said unit including an input shaft, an output shaft, means linked to said input and output shafts for driving said output shaft at constant speed for varying input shaft speeds, and a casing for housing said shafts and constant speed drive means;
an electrical generator unit having a rotatable shaft linkable to said constant speed output shaft and a casing for housing said rotatable shaft, said generator casing being attachable to said drive unit casing and having an operational lubrication-coolant fluid level associated therewith;
means for supplying lubrication-coolant fluid to said drive unit and said generator unit;
a scavenging pump for scavenging heat laden lubrication-coolant fluid from the casings' interiors, said scavenging pump being in fluid communication with said supplying means and located within said generator casing;
means for cooling the heat laden lubrication-coolant fluid prior to its entry into the drive and generator units;
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barrier means for obstructing debris migration between the attachable units, said barrier means including means for providing fluid communication between the units comprising a plurality of baffles cooperatively disposed to obstruct migration of solid debris between units and promote fluid transmission therebetween, said baffles being disposed above the normal, operational lubrication-coolant fluid level.

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