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11.6 Electrical Power Flashcards

1
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What does the electrical power system consist of?

A

Generation and Distribution

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What type of battery does the aircraft use?

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Nickel cadmium storage

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What is an Elcon connector?

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Quick release battery connector

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What type of wire locking is used for battery connectors?

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Copper

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What used to be an issue with Ni-Cad batteries?

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Thermal runaway

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How much does each cell of the battery produce in voltage?

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1.2V

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When is a cell completely discharged?

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Drops below 1.0V

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8
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How often should batteries be checked in the workshop?

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Every 2000 hours.

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What are the two basic methods of charging?

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Constant voltage or constant current.

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What kind of battery is commonly charged using constant voltage?

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Lead acid

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What is it crucial to do when charging Ni-Cad batteries through constant current?

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Monitor it due to the risk of overcharging

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13
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How long must a battery be able to provide all essential services?

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30 minutes

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14
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What is the minimum capacity of a battery?

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80%

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15
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What are the three different DC power sources?

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DC battery
External DC power source
DC generators

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What core do the brushes of the DC generator have?

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Molybdenum Disulphide

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17
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What are DC generators rated in?

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Volts and Amps

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What is a flange mounting?

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Generator is attached to an auxiliaries’ gearbox on the engine.

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What is the manacle ring?

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The massive ring clamp that holds the generator onto the gearbox.

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What is the purpose of the TRU?

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AC conversion to DC

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21
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What does PPDS stand for?

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Parallel Power Distribution System

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What is a PPDS?

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Twin-engine or multiple-engine aircraft employ a parallel power distribution system. During normal flight conditions, both engine‑driven generators connect and power the DC loads.

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23
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What are the advantages of parallel DC operation?

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TRU’s are loaded with the average current
No DC bus is lost

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Why do aircraft use three phase brushless generators?

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Output is constant, except in VSCF

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What does the CSD do?
A device between the engines auxiliary gearbox and generator, converts the variable speed to constant.
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What systems are driven by the gearbox?
Fuel/ Oil/ Hyd pumps N2 Indication AC generator
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What does the mechanical flyweight governor keep the generator output at?
400Hz
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What are the two basic types of CSD?
Variable Pitch Swashplate Variable Gear Ratio
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What is a swashplate pump?
Rotating cylinder containing pistons
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What does the load control unit do?
Receives it's electrical information from the GCU, when the output is too low it increases the load
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What is the working pressure of the CSD oil?
250 psi
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What does the IDG combine?
Generator and CSD
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In modern AC generators where does the excitation come from?
Rotating magnet to an internal PMG
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What version of generator is preferred, star or delta wound?
Star
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How is AC converted to DC?
Inverter
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What is a current transformer?
Three inductive pick up holes that have wires with AC going through.
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What is the differential protection circuit?
Detect short circuits
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What is EROP?
Extended range operation
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If the RAT is deployed what does the aircraft do?
EMER GEN ON
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What factors effect the magnitude of induced EMF?
Strength of the magnetic field Number of turns in the coil Rate of change in flux
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What is the most common voltage regulation system?
Solid state
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What is the purpose of a current limiter?
limit the current demanded from the generator
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What is an example of an electromechanical current limiter?
Triple Unit Regulator
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What happens when the shunt field current is reduced?
Flux and generator outputs fall
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What is RCCO?
Reverse current cut out, also known as differential protection
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How does over excitation get fixed?
The unit removes the generator from parallel
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What is the main distribution point of the DC system?
DC busbar
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What are the three power classifications of AC and DC systems?
Main Power Essential Power Emergency Power
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What do busbars provide?
A way of distributing electrical power and provide a physical connection for circuit breakers.
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What four types of bus bar are there?
Main buses Sub busbars Tie Buses Transfer lines
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What is a main bus?
carry the main power be it Alternating Current (AC) or Direct Current (DC) power from a source to sub-buses
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What is the sub bus?
supply systems and sub-systems from the main buses and again are either AC or DC
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What is the tie bus?
tie different sources of the same power to the main buses
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What is a transfer bus/line?
allow the transfer of different sources of the same power from the main bus to the main bus
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What three settings does the bus bar coupling switch have?
Auto Man Dis
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What are VSG's?
Variable speed generators
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What is a VFG?
Variable frequency generator
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What does a bus consist of?
consists only of a low resistance electrical connection between all the wires that lead to the different consumers
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How is power source switching performed?
Power relays
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What do all AC buses have?
Three others, A,B or C for the three phases
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What is a NPBT?
No power break transfer
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What is an inverter?
DC source to AC supply
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What is a transformer?
Step up or down voltages
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What is a rectifier?
AC to D, usually achieved by diodes
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What are the two classifications of rectifiers?
Half wave Full Wave
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What two types of inverter are there?
Rotary Static
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What does a rotary inverter consist of?
DC motor, which is powered from the DC bus bar mechanically coupled to a small AC generator.
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What does a static inverter consist of?
solid-state 400 Hz sinusoidal oscillator and a transformer
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What are the benefits of static inverters?
High efficiency Low cost Quiet etc etc
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What is the power factor of TRU's?
Greater than 0.96
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What is required to full wave rectify single phase AC?
4 diodes
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How is AC ripple reduced?
Smoothing filter
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How are circuits protected?
Fuses Breakers
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When does a short occur?
When there is a hard short between the high voltage side and the ground or different voltage potential
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What categories of C/B are there?
Push/Pull Push Switch Thermal
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What does a green C/B mean as supposed to a black one?
It is part of the monitored system.
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What does the power selector switch stop GPU's from doing?
Charging the battery directly
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