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Hydraulic Electrical

Generating Systems
Hydraulic Electrical Generating Systems

Eatons Aerospace Group is Control Design Concept


a recognized leader in the Constant Speed Motor/
design and manufacture of Generator
advanced power and motion
The CSM/G consists of a
control equipment. Over recent
servo controlled, variable
years, Eaton has achieved a
displacement, inline axial piston
growing reputation in the field of
hydraulic motor integrated
emergency and supplementary
with a three stage, brushless
electrical power generation.
generator. The CSM/G and
The increased system demands associated control systems
of new and extended range are designed to maintain a
operations (EROPS) aircraft steady state generator output
have led to additional electrical frequency of 400 +/- 5Hz and an
requirements under certain average steady state AC phase
operating and emergency voltage of 115 +/- 2V (at the
conditions. Eaton has met point of regulation) over their
these demands with a range output specific power range.
of highly integrated, compact, Constant Speed Motor/Generator Installation
The speed/frequency of the
efficient hydraulically driven
CSM/G is maintained constant
electric generators.
by a closed loop, electro-
The expertise gained by Eaton hydraulic servo control system.
in electrical power generation The output speed/frequency of
and its monitoring and control the CSM/G Permanent Magnet
has led to this core technology Generator stage is compared
development and a growing with a quartz crystal reference
family of designs. frequency. The resultant
From Eaton's original Vickers frequency error is converted via
5kVA hydraulic electrical a Proportional-Integral-Derivative
generating system developed controller into current. This
for the Airbus A320, there are current is proportional to servo
now systems with rated power valve flow rate.
outputs up to 10kVA. A servo valve is hydraulically
connected to the motor yoke
System Profile actuation system and controls
the output torque of the
Each hydraulically driven
hydraulic motor by changing the
electrical generating system
angle of the pivoting yoke in
consists of two products,
response to the torque demands
Constant Speed Motor/ of the generator.
Generator (CSM/G)
Under steady state conditions
Generator Control Unit (GCU) the output torque of the motor
is matched to the input torque
The latest GCUs use state- of the generator. Under these
of-the-art Eaton designed conditions the subsequent
Application Specific Integrated frequency error approaches zero.
Circuit (ASIC) technology. The output voltage of the
To date aircraft fitted with this CSM/G is also controlled by a
equipment include; closed loop servo system. In
this case, output voltage of the
British Aerospace CAT III 146 main generator is compared
Boeing B757/B767 Constant Speed Motor/Generator
Boeing B757 and B767 with a precision voltage
EROPS aircraft reference source.
Airbus A320, A321, A330 and Any resultant errors are
A340 aircraft converted into a signal which
drives the CSM/G exciter stage
until an equilibrium between
actual and reference
is established.

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Generator Control Unit Applications and equipment designations
The GCU consists of a compact, Rated
cast aluminium housing
Electrical Model Code Model Code
containing a series of printed
Application Output CSM/G GCU
circuit boards. The unit is of
a functional modular design Airbus
consisting of the following
A320 5kVA CMV3-022-EA3C MGC-050-EA2D
principle sub-systems.
Constant speed control A321 5.5kVA CMV3-022-EA3C MGC-050-EA2D

Constant voltage control A330 8kVA CMV3-049-EA1 MGC-EA1


System functional protection A340 5.5kVA CMV3-022-EA3C MGC-EA1
EMI / Lightning strike
protection Boeing
Power supply
B757/B767 10kVA CMV3-049-EA2 MGC-EA3
Aircraft BITE interface
The Eaton GCU has evolved
significantly with respect to BAE Systems
technological advancement. BAe146 DC 50 amps CMV3-022-EA4 MGC-EA2
Todays unit uses dedicated AC 5kVA
digital hardware, which has been
packaged into ASICs, performing
the fundamental functions
of speed/voltage control and
system protection. The digital
voltage control operates on
the Root Mean Square of the
generator output wave form,
thus eliminating the effects of
harmonic distortion. This is not
Digital Generator Control Unit
possible using traditional analog
design techniques.
In addition to the enhancements
in performance obtained from
using dedicated digital hardware,
an overall increase in product
reliability is also achieved.

OEM / Operator Benefit


The Eaton philosophy is to
provide emergency electrical
power generation systems
that give quality, reliable,
performance products
resulting in a low cost of
ownership that benefits OEMs
and operators worldwide.

Detail of Protection Circuit Board showing ASIC

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Eaton
Aerospace Group
Fuel & Motion Control Systems Division
5353 Highland Drive
Jackson, Mississippi 39206-3449
Phone: (601) 981 2811
Fax: (601) 987 5255

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Phone: (949) 452 9500 Form No. TF500-6B
Fax: (949) 452 9555 (Supersedes PN C5-17-1A)
www.eaton.com/aerospace June 2013

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