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  2. Constant speed drive - Wikipedia

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    CSDs are mainly used on airliner and military aircraft jet engines to drive the alternating current (AC) electrical generator. In order to produce the proper voltage at a constant AC frequency, usually three-phase 115 VAC at 400 Hz, an alternator needs to spin at a constant specific speed (typically 6,000 RPM for air-cooled generators). [1]

  3. Motor–generator - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft radio modulator unit from the Second World War, showing a dynamotor (the black cylinder) which converts the aircraft's 24–28 V DC to 500 V DC for the transmitter. Dübendorf Museum of Military Aviation. A motor–generator (an MG set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form.

  4. Auxiliary power unit - Wikipedia

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    The first German jet engines built during the Second World War used a mechanical APU starting system designed by the German engineer Norbert Riedel.It consisted of a 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) two-stroke flat engine, which for the Junkers Jumo 004 design was hidden in the engine nose cone, essentially functioning as a pioneering example of an auxiliary power unit for starting a jet engine.

  5. Cycloconverter - Wikipedia

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    CCVs are used for driving mine hoists, rolling mill main motors, [4] ball mills for ore processing, cement kilns, ship propulsion systems, [5] slip power recovery wound-rotor induction motors (i.e., Scherbius drives) and aircraft 400 Hz power generation. [6] The variable-frequency output of a cycloconverter can be reduced essentially to zero.

  6. Variable-frequency drive - Wikipedia

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    Small variable-frequency drive Chassis of above VFD (cover removed). A variable-frequency drive (VFD, or adjustable-frequency drive, adjustable-speed drive, variable-speed drive, AC drive, micro drive, inverter drive, variable voltage variable frequency drive, or drive) is a type of AC motor drive (system incorporating a motor) that controls speed and torque by varying the frequency of the ...

  7. Ram air turbine - Wikipedia

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    A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a power source. The RAT generates power from the airstream by ram pressure due to the speed of the aircraft. It may be called an air driven generator (ADG) on some aircraft. [1]