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US 8,492,920 B2Granted
Apparatus for generating power from a turbine engine
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsHao Huang, Xiaochuan Jia, David Dimitri Karipides
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Abstract
An electrical architecture for an aircraft providing power for the aircraft by generating power from a high pressure spool and a low pressure spool of a turbine engine. The spools can be used to drive corresponding generators; the power from which can be used to supply the various loads of the aircraft.
Claims15
An electrical architecture for a turbine engine having a high pressure (HP) spool and a low pressure (LP) spool comprising:
- a first generator driven by the HP spool and providing a first DC output;
- a second generator driven by the LP spool and providing a second DC output;
- a first DC bus connected to the first DC output;
- a second DC bus connected to the second DC output;
- and
- wherein the first and second DC buses are selectively connected.
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