Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel delivery
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Application No.: US17853191Application Date: 2022-06-29
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Publication No.: US12180899B2Publication Date: 2024-12-31
- Inventor: Peter Swann , Craig W Bemment , 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: GB2205354 20220412
- Main IPC: F02C9/26
- IPC: F02C9/26 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D37/30 ; F02C7/22 ; F23R3/36

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft, including: staged combustion system having pilot fuel injectors and main fuel injectors, staged combustion system being operable in pilot-only range of operation and pilot-and-main range of operation; and fuel delivery regulator arranged to control delivery of fuel to pilot and main fuel injectors. Fuel delivery regulator arranged to receive fuel from a first fuel source containing a first fuel having a first fuel characteristic and a second fuel source containing a second fuel having a different second fuel characteristic. The fuel delivery regulator is arranged to deliver fuel to the pilot fuel injectors during at least part of the pilot-only range of operation having a different fuel characteristic from fuel delivered to one or both of the pilot and main fuel injectors during at least part of the pilot-and-main range of operation. A method of operating a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230323820A1 FUEL DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2023-10-12
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