Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuelling schedule
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Application No.: US17853074Application Date: 2022-06-29
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Publication No.: US11815031B2Publication Date: 2023-11-14
- Inventor: Peter Swann , Craig W Bemment , Alastair G Hobday , Benjamin J Keeler , Christopher P Madden
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB 18656 2021.12.21
- Main IPC: F02C9/28
- IPC: F02C9/28 ; B64D37/04 ; B64D27/10 ; G08G5/00

Abstract:
A method of operating an aircraft including a gas turbine engine and a plurality of fuel tanks arranged to provide fuel to the gas turbine engine, where at least two of the fuel tanks contain fuels with different fuel characteristics. The method includes obtaining a flight profile for a flight of the aircraft; and determining a fuelling schedule for the flight based on the flight profile and the fuel characteristics. The fuelling schedule governs the variation with time of how much fuel is drawn from each tank. Fuel input to the gas turbine engine may then be controlled in operation in accordance with the fuelling schedule.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230193835A1 FUELLING SCHEDULE Public/Granted day:2023-06-22
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