B767 Electrical Systems

The Boeing 767
The B767-300 Aircraft

 National Origin: USA
 Manufacturer: Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
 First official flight: September 26, 1981
 Introduced in: September 8, 1982
 Status: In service
 Unit cost: US $210 million
 Number built: 1,106 through
December 2017
 Primary users: American Airlines,
Delta Airlines, All Nippon Airways
Type of battery used in the B767
 Name of battery: NCSP-B-53060

 Type: Nickel Cadmium (Sintered Plate)
Battery
 Dimensions: Length- 10.9 in, Width- 11.0 in,
Height- 11.2 in
 Weight: 95.90 lbs
 Rating: 24V, 53 amp/hr at IHR rate
The AC Electrical System in the B767
 The entire airplane AC electrical load can

be supplied by any two main airplane AC
power sources.
 The main airplane AC electrical power
sources are:
o left and right engine integrated drive
generators (IDGs)
o APU generator.
 The entire airplane AC electrical load also
can be supplied by external power.
 The power sources operate isolated from
one another.
 Each engine has an IDG. Each IDG has automatic

control and system protection functions.
 When an engine starts, with the GEN CONT switch
selected ON, the IDG automatically powers the
respective main bus. The previous power source is
disconnected from that bus.
 The IDG can be electrically disconnected from the
busses by pushing the GEN CONT switch to OFF. The
IDG can also be electrically disconnected from its
respective bus by selecting external power prior to
engine shutdown.
 The APU generator is electrically identical to the

IDG generators. The APU generator can power
either or both main busses, and may be used in
flight as a replacement to an IDG source.
 If no other power source is available when the
APU generator becomes available, the APU
generator automatically connects to both main
AC busses. If the external source is powering
both main busses, the external source continues
to power both main busses.
 External power can power the left and right

main busses. When the power source voltage
and frequency are within limits, the external
power AVAIL light illuminates.
 Pushing the EXT PWR switch ON connects
external power to both main busses and
removes the IDGs and the APU generator from
the busses, if they were powering the busses.
When external power is connected to a main
bus, the EXTERNAL POWER ON light illuminates.
The AC Electrical Power Distribution in the B767
 AC power is distributed through the left and right

main busses and the ground service bus.
 The right IDG normally powers the right main bus
and the left IDG normally powers the left main bus.
The APU normally powers both main busses when
they are not powered by any other source. External
power may also be connected and will also power
both main busses.
 Bus tie breakers, controlled by BUS TIE switches,
isolate or parallel the right and left main busses.
When both BUS TIE switches are set to AUTO, the
bus tie system operates automatically to maintain
power to both main busses.
The DC Electrical System in the B767
 The main DC electrical system uses transformer–

rectifier units (TRUs) to produce DC power.
 The TRUs are powered by the main AC buses.
 The TRUs operate isolated from one another. If
one TRU fails, the DC bus tie breaker closes to
keep both DC busses powered. Both BUS TIE
switches must be in AUTO for the DC bus tie
breaker to close.
 There are no flight deck controls for the main DC
electrical system.
The DC Electrical System in the B767
 The battery/standby power electrical system can

supply DC and AC power to selected flight
instruments, communications and navigation
systems, and other critical systems, if there are main
AC and DC electrical power system failures.
 The Battery/Standby Power System consists of the
following busses:
o the hot battery bus
o the battery bus
o the standby AC bus
o the standby DC bus
Electrical Power Loss in the B767
 On the B767, all flight controls are hydraulically operated. Each

control surface is powered by 2 of the 3 hydraulic systems with the
rudder and elevator being powered by all 3.
 If both engines were to fail in-flight, there would be no flight controls
as all hydraulic systems have been shut-down. These include: the
engine-driven hydraulic pump, the left and right AC busses (which
powers the electric hydraulic pumps in the left, centre and right
systems) and the air-driven hydraulic pump.
 In this case, the RAT will be automatically deployed which is
powered by the forces of the wind to provide emergency electrical
and hydraulic power.
 Furthermore, it uses hydraulic fluid from the centre hydraulic system
to power the flight controls.

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The B767-300 Aircraft

 Name of battery: NCSP-B-53060

 The entire airplane AC electrical load can

 Each engine has an IDG. Each IDG has automatic

 The APU generator is electrically identical to the

 External power can power the left and right

 AC power is distributed through the left and right

 The main DC electrical system uses transformer–

 The battery/standby power electrical system can

 On the B767, all flight controls are hydraulically operated. Each

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