General Electric Company

General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z O.o.

General Electric Deutschland Holding Gmbh

Bartlomiej Drozd

Mohamed Osama

John Russell Yagielski

Darek Tomasz Zatorski

Adam Tomasz Pazinski

Tomasz Jan Bulsiewicz

Adam Tomasz Paziński

Maciej Krzysztof Grunwald

Miroslaw Czarnik

Miroslaw Sobaniec

A propulsor is provided including a gas turbine engine having a shaft and one or more bearings supporting the shaft, a rotor hub operatively coupled to the shaft and comprising a hub flange, an electric machine comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly, a rotor connection member operatively coupled to the rotor assembly of the electric machine and comprising a connection flange, and an insulated joint for operatively coupling the rotor assembly with the shaft. The insulated joint includes a plurality of insulative layers, at least one of the plurality of insulative layers extending between the hub flange and the connection flange to interrupt common mode electric current from flowing between the rotor assembly and the shaft.

Bearing current mitigation for an electric machine embedded in a gas turbine engine

A hybrid-electric propulsion system is provided. In one example aspect, the hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a power converter and a propulsor. The propulsor includes a gas turbine engine having a shaft and one or more bearings supporting the shaft. The propulsor also includes an electric machine electrically coupled with the power converter. The electric machine includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly has a rotor and a rotor connection assembly. The rotor connection assembly operatively couples the rotor with the shaft. The rotor connection assembly has an insulated joint for interrupting common mode electric current from flowing from the rotor of the electric machine to the shaft. A grounding device is included to electrically ground the shaft. The power converter includes an electromagnetic interference filter to reduce common mode voltage reaching the electric machine.

A method of removing heat from an electrical machine located in a gas turbine engine at least partially inward of a core airflow path in a radial direction, the electrical machine comprising an outer electrical machine stator and an inner electrical machine rotor is provided. The method includes directing a liquid coolant radially inward past the outer electrical machine stator and toward an inner electrical machine rotor using a coolant passageway. The liquid coolant is directed onto and/or through one or both of the inner electrical machine rotor and a rotor support thereby removing heat from the inner electrical machine rotor.

Gas turbine engines including embedded electrical machines and associated cooling systems

A gas turbine engine includes an electrical machine positioned at least partially inward of a core airflow path, the electrical machine including an electrical rotor component and an electrical stator component, a connecting member positioned between the electrical machine and a rotary member, a disconnection device that is positionable between a disengaged position, in which the disconnection device is disengaged from the connecting member, and an engaged position, in which the disconnection device is engaged with the connecting member, and a controller including a processor, where the processor receives a signal from the electrical machine indicative of a fault, and in response to receiving the signal from the electrical machine indicative of the fault, directs the disconnection device to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position.

Systems and methods for selectively disconnecting embedded electrical machines in gas turbine engines

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Bartlomiej Drozd