Abstract: An oil management system (80) for a case (12) containing at least one rotating element which requires a supply of pressurized oil during rotation in accordance with the invention includes an oil sump (16) within the case for collecting oil after lubrication of the at least one rotating element; a tank (82) within the case for containing oil during lubrication of the at least one rotating element; a first pump (32) having an inlet (90) for supplying pressurized oil to the at least one rotating element; a second pump (26) having an inlet coupled to the sump and at least one outlet (84 and 88) coupled to the first pump for providing pressurized oil to the inlet of the first pump and to an outlet (93) of the tank; the outlet from the tank being coupled to the at least one outlet of the second pump, the tank being disposed above the second pump for providing a pressure head at the at least one outlet of the tank during a non-inverted operation which opposes pressure produced by the second pump; and when oil pressu
Abstract: A segregated fluid management system and method is provided for a SDG or IDG system. There is a full case hydraulics (24), a gear case section (19) and a generator section (25). The full case hydraulics section (24) operates completely full of oil. A charge pump (34) draws from the full case (33) inside this section (24) and discharges oil from the case (33) to the pump and motor (26), the servo valve (29), the control piston (30) and the charge relief valve (31). The gear case section (19) is operated as a dry sump by a scavenge pump (17) which keeps the gear case cavity from accumulating an appreciable amount of oil. The scavenge pump (17) removes oil from the gear case section (19) and routes it through a filter (35) to the full case hydaulics section (24). The generator section (25) is conduction cooled and has a pitot pump (40) arranged in an air gap (39 ) between the generator rotor (37) and the stator (38).