An electric generator system includes a rotatable shaft that is configured to rotate about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a pilot permanent magnet generator (PMG) mounted to the shaft such that the pilot PMG is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the rotatabl
An electric generator system includes a rotatable shaft that is configured to rotate about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a pilot permanent magnet generator (PMG) mounted to the shaft such that the pilot PMG is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the rotatable shaft. The system includes a wound field flux-switching electric machine having a rotor and a stator. The rotor is mounted to the shaft such that the rotor is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft. The stator includes both a direct current (DC) field coil and an alternating current (AC) armature coil. The DC field coil is operatively connected to the pilot PMG for exciting the DC field coil.
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1. An electric generator system comprising: a rotatable shaft that is configured to rotate about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft;a pilot permanent magnet generator (PMG) mounted to the shaft such that the pilot PMG is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft;
1. An electric generator system comprising: a rotatable shaft that is configured to rotate about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft;a pilot permanent magnet generator (PMG) mounted to the shaft such that the pilot PMG is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft; anda wound field flux-switching electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator, the rotor being mounted to the shaft such that the rotor is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft, the stator comprising both a direct current (DC) field coil and an alternating current (AC) armature coil, the DC field coil being operatively connected to the pilot PMG for exciting the DC field coil. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a voltage regulator operatively connected between the pilot PMG and the DC field coil. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the DC field coil of the stator overlaps the AC armature coil of the stator along an arc length of the stator. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the DC field coil comprises a plurality of DC field coils and the AC armature coil comprises a plurality of AC armature coils, and wherein the DC field coils do not overlap the AC armature coils along an arc length of the stator. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the DC field coil comprises a plurality of DC field coils, the AC armature coil comprising first, second, and third phase AC armature coils representing a set of three-phase windings, the DC field coils being interleaved between the first, second, and third phase AC armature coils along an arc length of the stator in an overlapping manner with the first, second, and third phase AC armature coils. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the rotor comprises a rotor base and rotor teeth that extend radially from the rotor base relative to the central longitudinal axis. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the rotor is a segmented rotor. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system does not include a rotating rectifier. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system does not include a brush-less exciter. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the stator comprises a stator base and stator teeth that extend radially from the stator base relative to the central longitudinal axis, the DC field coil being wound around at least one corresponding stator tooth, the AC armature coil being wound around at least one corresponding stator tooth. 11. An aircraft comprising: an airframe;an engine on-board the airframe, the engine comprising a rotatable shaft that is configured to rotate about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft; andan electric generator system on-board the airframe, the electric generator system comprising: a pilot permanent magnet generator (PMG) mounted to the shaft of the engine such that the pilot PMG is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft; anda wound field flux-switching electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator, the rotor being mounted to the shaft of the engine such that the rotor is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft, the stator comprising both a direct current (DC) field coil and an alternating current (AC) armature coil, the DC field coil being operatively connected to the pilot PMG for exciting the DC field coil. 12. The aircraft of claim 11, further comprising a voltage regulator operatively connected between the pilot PMG and the DC field coil. 13. The aircraft of claim 11, wherein the DC field coil of the stator overlaps the AC armature coil of the stator along an arc length of the stator. 14. The aircraft of claim 11, wherein the DC field coil comprises a plurality of DC field coils and the AC armature coil comprises a plurality of AC armature coils, and wherein the DC field coils do not overlap the AC armature coils along an arc length of the stator. 15. The aircraft of claim 11, wherein the rotor comprises a rotor base and rotor teeth that extend radially from the rotor base relative to the central longitudinal axis. 16. The aircraft of claim 11, wherein the rotor is a segmented rotor. 17. The aircraft of claim 11, wherein the electric generator system does not include a rotating rectifier. 18. The aircraft of claim 11, wherein the electric generator system does not include a brush-less exciter. 19. An electric generator system comprising: a rotatable shaft that is configured to rotate about a central longitudinal axis of the shaft;a direct current (DC) source; anda wound field flux-switching electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator, the rotor being mounted to the shaft such that the rotor is configured to rotate about the central longitudinal axis with the shaft, the stator comprising both a DC field coil and an alternating current (AC) armature coil, the DC field coil being operatively connected to the DC source for exciting the DC field coil. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the system does not include any other rotating electric machines besides the wound field flux-switching electric machine.
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