SYSTEM FOR POWERING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE OR ITS ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A system for powering and controlling electrical equipment of an aircraft engine or of its environment, the system comprising:
- at least one DC voltage power supply bus;
at least one set of power supply modules connected in parallel to the power supply bus, said set being associated with a respective group of pieces of electrical equipment, the number of modules of the set being greater than the minimum number needed to activate the electrical equipment of the group so as to provide at least one emergency module, each module comprising a voltage converter for supplying an alternating voltage at the output from the module and derived from the DC voltage of the power supply bus;
a selector circuit inserted between the outputs of the modules of the set of modules and the pieces of equipment of the equipment group; and
an arrangement for controlling the modules and the selector circuit to activate each piece of equipment of the equipment group by connecting it to at least one of the modules, and to put an emergency module into service in the event of a failure being detected in one of the other modules.
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Abstract
A system for powering and controlling electrical equipment of an aircraft engine or of its environment, comprises at least one DC voltage power supply bus, a set of power supply modules associated with an electrical equipment group, the number of modules in the set being greater than the minimum number needed for activating the electrical equipment of the group in such a manner as to provide at least one emergency module, each module comprising a voltage converter to supply at the output of the module an alternating voltage derived from the DC voltage of the power supply bus, and a selector circuit inserted between the outputs from the modules of the set of modules and the pieces of equipment of the equipment group. The modules and the selector circuit are controlled to activate each piece of equipment of the equipment group by connecting it to at least one of the modules, with an emergency module being put into operation in the event of one of the other modules failing.
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1. A system for powering and controlling electrical equipment of an aircraft engine or of its environment, the system comprising:
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at least one DC voltage power supply bus; at least one set of power supply modules connected in parallel to the power supply bus, said set being associated with a respective group of pieces of electrical equipment, the number of modules of the set being greater than the minimum number needed to activate the electrical equipment of the group so as to provide at least one emergency module, each module comprising a voltage converter for supplying an alternating voltage at the output from the module and derived from the DC voltage of the power supply bus; a selector circuit inserted between the outputs of the modules of the set of modules and the pieces of equipment of the equipment group; and an arrangement for controlling the modules and the selector circuit to activate each piece of equipment of the equipment group by connecting it to at least one of the modules, and to put an emergency module into service in the event of a failure being detected in one of the other modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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