Inventors:
Longya Xu - Columbus OH, US
David Dimitri Karipides - Casstown OH, US
Mohamed Abbas - Dayton OH, US
Hao Huang - Troy OH, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
F02N 11/04
US Classification:
290 31, 290 46, 31840032, 318800
Abstract:
A method and system for an engine starter/generator is provided. The starter/generator system includes a three phase squirrel cage induction machine, a three phase inverter/converter electrically coupled to the three phase squirrel cage induction machine. The starter/generator system also includes a bidirectional DC-DC converter electrically coupled to the three phase inverter/converter, and a digital control board configured to sensorlessly determine a rotor angle from a plurality of phase currents to the induction machine during a start mode. During the start mode, logic in the digital control board configures the starter/generator system into a combination of an induction motor, a three phase DC-AC inverter, and a DC-DC boost converter, and during a generate mode, the logic in the digital control board configures the starter/generator system into a combination of an induction generator, a three phase AC-DC converter, and a DC-DC buck converter.