Hybrid tactical quiet generator

• US 10,340,694 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Rozman, Gregory I., Moss, Steven J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Deberadinis, Robert L
• Application Number:
  US15/790,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20190123560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/002 Intermediate AC, e.g. DC supply with intermediated AC distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/40 The network being an on-board power network, i.e. within a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/14 for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/345 using capacitors as storage or buffering devices

Abstract

An Output Supply System (OSS) may comprise an Electric Power Generating System (EPGS) comprising a first Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM), a first three-phase multifunction converter, a first three-position switch, a battery management system, wherein the PMSM, the first three-phase multifunction converter, the first three-position switch, and the battery management system are in electronic communication, and a first tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with a first controller, the first tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the first controller, cause the first controller to perform operations.

Claims

1. An Output Supply System (OSS) comprising:

an Electric Power Generating System (EPGS), comprising;

a first Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM);

a first three-phase multifunction converter;

a first three-position switch;

a battery management system, wherein the PMSM, the first three-phase multifunction converter, the first three-position switch, and the battery management system are in electronic communication; and

a first tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with a first controller, the first tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the first controller, cause the first controller to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the first controller, at least one of an input from a first sensor or a first parameter;

determining, by the first controller, a second parameter based on the input of the first sensor;

selecting, by the first controller, a first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter and a position of the first three-position switch in response to at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter; and

commanding, by the first controller, the first three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter.

2. The OSS of claim 1, wherein the second parameter is at least one of a change in voltage, a change in current, a change in temperature, a change in a shaft speed, or a battery capacity.

3. The OSS of claim 2 wherein the first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter is one of a pulse width modulated (PWM) inverter, a PWM converter, or a dc/dc converter.

4. The OSS of claim 3, wherein the first three-position switch is coupled to a neutral of the first PMSM.

5. The OSS of claim 4, wherein the first controller further comprises a gate drive.

6. The OSS of claim 5 further comprising a Power Management and Distribution System (PMAD) in electronic communication with the EPGS, the PMAD comprising:

a second three-phase multifunction converter, a second three-position switch, a PQ filter, a supercapacitor bank, wherein the second three-phase multifunction converter, the second three-position switch, the PQ filter, and the supercapacitor bank are in electronic communication, and a second tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with a second controller, the second tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the second controller, cause the second controller to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the second controller, at least one of an input from a second sensor or the first parameter;

determining, by the second controller, a third parameter based on the input of the second sensor;

selecting, by the second controller, a second configuration of the second three-phase multifunction converter and a position of the second three-position switch in response to at least one of the first parameter or the third parameter; and

commanding, by the second controller, the second three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the second configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter.

7. The OSS of claim 6, wherein the PMAD is in electronic communication with one of an AC power load, a load, a DC microgrid, or an Environmental Conditioning System (ECS) compressor load.

8. The OSS of claim 7, wherein the ECS compressor load comprises a second PMSM.

9. The OSS of claim 8, wherein the second three-position switch is coupled to a neutral of the second PMSM.

10. The OSS of claim 9, wherein the third parameter is one of a change in voltage, a change in current, a change in temperature, a change in a shaft speed, a supercapacitor capacity, or a load.

11. The OSS of claim 10, wherein the first parameter is an output from one of the first controller, the second controller, or a third controller.

12. The OSS of claim 11, wherein the second configuration of the second three-phase multifunction converter is one of a PWM inverter, a PWM converter, or the dc/dc converter.

13. A Tactical Quiet Generator (TQG) comprising:

an engine having an output shaft,

a TQG controller in electronic communication with the engine,

and an Output Supply System (OSS) in electronic communication with the TQG controller comprising;

an EPGS comprising;

a first PMSM coupled to the output shaft, a first three-phase multifunction converter, a first three-position switch, and a battery management system, wherein the first PMSM, the first three-phase multifunction converter, first three-position switch, and the battery management system are in electronic communication;

a PMAD comprising;

a second three-phase multifunction converter, a second three-position switch, a PQ filter, and a supercapacitor bank, wherein the second three-phase multifunction converter, the second three-position switch, the PQ filter, and the supercapacitor bank are in electronic communication;

wherein the EPGS and the PMAD are in electronic communication, and

a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with an OSS controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the OSS controller, cause the OSS controller to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the OSS controller, at least one of an input from a first sensor or a first parameter;

determining, by the OSS controller, a second parameter based on the input of the first sensor;

selecting, by the OSS controller, a first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter and a position of the first three-position switch in response to at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter; and

commanding, by the OSS controller, the first three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter.

14. The TQG of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise selecting, by the OSS controller, a second configuration of the second three-phase multifunction converter and a position of the second three-position switch in response to at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter;

and commanding, by the OSS controller, the second three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the second configuration of the second three-phase multifunction converter.

15. The TQG of claim 14, wherein the second parameter is at least one of a change in voltage, a change in current, a change in temperature, a change in a shaft speed, a supercapacitor capacity, a battery capacity, or a load.

16. The TQG of claim 15, wherein the first parameter is an output from at least one of the TQG controller or a third controller.

17. The TQG of claim 16, wherein an operational mode of the OSS is determined in response to the commanding, by the OSS controller, the first three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter and the commanding, by the OSS controller, the second three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the second configuration of the second three-phase multifunction converter.

18. The TQG of claim 17, wherein the operational mode of the OSS is at least one of an engine start or engine assist mode, an active rectification mode, a silent mode, a first DC bus stabilization mode, a second DC bus stabilization mode, a third DC bus stabilization mode, an ECS power supply mode, a DC microgrid power supply mode, or an AC power supply mode.

19. An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the processor, at least one of an input from a first sensor or a first parameter;

determining, by the processor, a second parameter based on the input of the first sensor;

selecting, by the processor, a first configuration of a first three-phase multifunction converter and a position of a first three-position switch in response to at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter; and

commanding, by the processor, the first three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the first configuration of the first three-phase multifunction converter.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19, further comprising the operation of selecting, by the processor, a second configuration of a second three-phase multifunction converter and a position of a second three-position switch in response to at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter;

and

commanding, by the processor, the second three-position switch to at least one of a first position, a second position, or a third position and commanding the second configuration of the second three-phase multifunction converter.