2 results about "Stationary Reference Frame" patented technology

A data communication method for a de-icing system for a turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine engine includes a fixed reference frame and a rotating reference frame. The system includes a non-contact rotating power transformer (RTU), the primary side of which is constrained by the fixed reference frame, and the secondary side of which is constrained by the rotating reference frame. The fixed reference frame includes an ice protection and control unit (IPC) and a power supply device (DC / AC) for supplying AC power to the primary side. The IPC transmits commands to the DC / AC to adjust the level of power supplied to the primary side. The rotating reference frame includes a propeller (1) and a switch, with a plurality of resistors fixed to the propeller. The switch is used to sequentially distribute the power supplied to the secondary side to the resistors. The protection and control unit (IPC) is programmed to transmit switching commands to the switch via the power supply unit (DC / AC) and the transformer (RTU) by issuing instructions (Ic1, Ic2, Ic3, Ic4, Ic5, Intl) to the power supply unit (DC / AC) to encode the voltage wave sequence (To) applied to the primary side. The switch is programmed to decode the voltage wave sequence (To) recovered on the secondary side.

Various examples are provided related to fault detection of power converters. In one example, a method includes sensing phase currents of a three-phase transformer; determining a centroid vector in an alpha-beta stationary reference frame based upon averaged values of the sensed phase currents; identifying a fault on a side of the transformer based upon a location of the centroid vector within the alpha-beta stationary reference frame, the location defined by a magnitude and an angle of the centroid vector; and adjusting operation of the power converter in response to the identified fault. In another example, a power converter includes a three-phase transformer connected between primary and secondary side three-phase bridges and control circuitry that can determine a centroid vector based upon sensed phase currents; identify a fault on a side of the three-phase transformer; and adjust operation of the power converter in response to the identified fault.