Design and implementation of a five-hp, switched reluctance, fuel-lube, pump motor drive for a gas turbine engine

Author

Ferreira, Caio A. ; Jones, Stephen R. ; Drager, Barry T. ; Heglund, William S.

Author_Institution

Sundstrand Corp., Rockford, IL, USA

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

61

Abstract

A new switched reluctance (SR) fuel/lube (F/L) pump system has been developed for a gas turbine engine application. The system is rated at 5 HP, 270 V DC, 12.5 krpm maximum operating speed, and consists of a SR machine mounted on the F/L pump shaft, an inverter, and an electronic controller. This paper focuses on the design, implementation, and performance of the system. The system can use one of two methods for rotor position sensing, either a resolver or electronic position sensing (EPS). The F/L pump system has undergone extensive performance testing with the resolver. Testing is underway using electronic position sensing. Test results are given to validate the system design and compare the performance using both approaches to position sensing. System efficiency is about 82 percent at full load

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; electric sensing devices; gas turbines; invertors; machine testing; position measurement; pumps; reluctance motor drives; sensors; 270 V; 5 hp; 82 percent; electronic controller; electronic position sensing; fuel-lube pump motor drive; gas turbine engine; inverter; performance testing; resolver; rotor position sensing; switched reluctance motor; Control systems; Electronic equipment testing; Engines; Fuels; Inverters; Pumps; Shafts; Strontium; System testing; Turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/63.368460

Filename

368460