Patent ID: 11962255
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, performs a process for controlling a length of an air gap in an electric machine, the process comprising:
determining an air gap length value for the electric machine,
comparing the determined air gap length value to an air gap target value, and
outputting one or more control commands to one or more controllable devices when the determined air gap length value differs from the air gap target value by a predefined threshold,
wherein the one or more control commands are configured to impart a change to one or more operating parameters to adjust the length of the gap between an outer surface of a rotor core and an inner surface of a stator core of the electric machine, and
wherein the air gap target value comprises an adjusted air gap target value, the adjusted air gap target value having been provided by an air gap target model.