Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubrication system for gas turbine engines
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Application No.: US15875179Application Date: 2018-01-19
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Publication No.: US10731559B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Matthew D. Teicholz , Francis Parnin , Richard Alan Weiner , Katherine A. Knapp Carney
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D25/18
- IPC: F01D25/18 ; F02C7/06 ; F01D25/20 ; F02C7/14 ; F01M1/16 ; F16H57/04 ; F02C3/107 ; F02C7/36 ; F01M13/04

Abstract:
A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a pump that moves a lubricant, a lubricant tank that stores the lubricant, a first engine component and a second engine component each requiring lubrication from the lubricant, a conduit between the lubricant tank and the first engine component and between the lubricant tank and the second engine component, a scheduling valve positioned in the conduit between the lubricant tank, and the first engine component and the second engine component, and a controller including a memory and a processor that controls the scheduling valve, wherein the memory includes an engine performance model, wherein the engine performance model includes stored relationship values between more than one condition experienced by the gas turbine engine during operation and a position of the scheduling valve, and wherein the scheduling valve varies a flow of the lubricant to the first engine component, the second engine component and the lubrication tank based on comparing the more than one condition with the engine performance model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180156116A1 LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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