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11.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20220307422A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-29
申请号：US17211111
申请日：2021-03-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Robert Charles Hon , Daniel Alan Niergarth
Abstract: Turbine engine systems equipped with a fuel deoxygenation system and turboelectric power system are provided. In one aspect, a turbine engine system includes a turboelectric power system having an electric generator operatively coupled with a gas turbine engine. A fuel line provides fuel to the gas turbine engine. A fuel deoxygenation system is positioned along the fuel line for reducing an amount of oxygen in the fuel. A main fuel pump is positioned downstream of the fuel deoxygenation system along the fuel line. An electric motor drives the main fuel pump. An electric generator of a turboelectric power system is operatively coupled with the gas turbine engine and generates electrical power. The electrical power is provided to the electric motor and the fuel deoxygenation system. Heat is recovered from the turboelectric power system and the electric motor and is imparted to fuel provided to the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号：US20220307419A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-29
申请号：US17215130
申请日：2021-03-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Christopher Edward Wolfe , Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock , William Dwight Gerstler , Brian Gene Brzek , Brandon Wayne Miller , Daniel Alan Niergarth , Kevin Robert Feldmann , Kevin Edward Hinderliter
Abstract: A thermal management system for transferring heat between fluids includes a thermal transport bus through which a heat exchange fluid flows. Additionally, the system includes a heat source heat exchanger arranged along the bus such that heat is added to the fluid flowing through the heat source heat exchanger. Moreover, the system includes a plurality of heat sink heat exchangers arranged along the bus such that heat is removed from the fluid flowing through the plurality of heat sink heat exchangers. Furthermore, the system includes a bypass conduit fluidly coupled to the bus such that the bypass conduit allows the fluid to bypass one of the heat source heat exchanger or one of the heat sink heat exchangers. In addition, the system includes a valve configured to control a flow of the fluid through the bypass conduit based on a pressure of the fluid within the bus.
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13.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11221017B2
公开(公告)日：2022-01-11
申请号：US16532905
申请日：2019-08-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: The variable pitch propeller assembly includes a hub. The variable pitch propeller assembly also includes a plurality of propeller blade assemblies spaced circumferentially about the hub. Each of the plurality of propeller blade assemblies configured to rotate a respective propeller blade. The variable pitch propeller assembly also includes a hydraulic fluid port assembly integrally formed and including at least three hydraulic fluid ports configured to receive respective flows of hydraulic fluid from a stationary hydraulic fluid transfer sleeve. The variable pitch propeller assembly also includes a pitch actuator assembly coupled in flow communication with at least three hydraulic fluid ports through respective hydraulic fluid transfer tubes. The pitch actuator coupled to the plurality of propeller blade assemblies to selectively control a pitch of the propeller blades. The pitch actuator assembly includes a travel stop configured to limit a rotation of at least one of the pitch actuator assemblies.
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公开(公告)号：US11193671B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-07
申请号：US16179040
申请日：2018-11-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ethan Patrick O'Connor , Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , Richard Alan Wesling
Abstract: A fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a contactor defining a liquid fuel inlet, a stripping gas inlet and a fuel/gas mixture outlet; and a fuel gas separator defining a fuel/gas mixture inlet in flow communication with the fuel/gas mixture outlet of the contactor and an axis. The fuel gas separator further includes a stationary casing; and a separator assembly including a core and a plurality of paddles extending from the core, the separator assembly rotatable about the axis within the stationary casing to separate a fuel/gas mixture received through the fuel/gas mixture inlet into a liquid fuel flow and stripping gas flow.
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公开(公告)号：US11187156B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-30
申请号：US15819327
申请日：2017-11-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A combustion engine includes a combustion section; a fuel delivery system for providing a fuel flow to the combustion section, the fuel delivery system including an oxygen reduction unit for reducing an oxygen content of the fuel flow; a thermal management system including a heat sink heat exchanger, the heat sink heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fuel delivery system at a location downstream of the oxygen reduction unit; and a control system including a sensor operable with the fuel delivery system for sensing data indicative of an operability of the oxygen reduction unit and a controller operable with the sensor, the controller configured to initiate a corrective action based on the data sensed by the sensor indicative of the operability of the oxygen reduction unit.
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公开(公告)号：US20210339878A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-04
申请号：US16864710
申请日：2020-05-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , John Michael Pyles , Ethan Patrick O'Connor , Justin Paul Smith , William James Mailander
Abstract: A fuel oxygen reduction unit assembly for a fuel system is provided. The fuel oxygen reduction unit assembly includes: a fuel oxygen reduction unit located downstream from the fuel source and defining a stripping gas flowpath and a liquid fuel flowpath, the fuel oxygen reduction unit comprising a means for transferring an amount of oxygen from a liquid fuel flow through the liquid fuel flowpath to a gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath; and an oxygen conversion unit in flow communication with the stripping gas flowpath configured to extract a flow of oxygen from a gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath, the oxygen conversion unit defining an oxygen outlet configured to provide the extracted flow of oxygen to an external system.
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公开(公告)号：US11161622B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-02
申请号：US16179124
申请日：2018-11-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Peter Allen Andrews, Jr. , Ethan Patrick O'Connor , Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , Christian Xavier Stevenson
Abstract: An engine includes a combustion section and a fuel delivery system in fluid communication with the combustion section for providing fuel to the combustion section. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel oxygen reduction unit defining a circulation gas flowpath. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes a gas oxygen reduction unit positioned in the circulation gas flowpath for reducing an oxygen content of a flow of stripping gas through the circulation gas flowpath and a pre-heater positioned in thermal communication with the circulation gas flowpath upstream of the gas oxygen reduction unit.
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公开(公告)号：US11085636B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-10
申请号：US16179022
申请日：2018-11-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ethan Patrick O'Connor , Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , Richard Alan Wesling , Peter Allen Andrews, Jr.
Abstract: A fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a stripping gas flowpath for a vehicle or an engine of the vehicle. The fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a stripping gas boost pump positioned in airflow communication with the stripping gas flowpath for increasing a pressure of a flow of stripping gas through the stripping gas flowpath; a contactor defining a stripping gas inlet in airflow communication with the stripping gas flowpath, a liquid fuel inlet, and a fuel/gas mixture outlet; a fuel gas separator defining a fuel/gas mixture inlet in fluid communication with the fuel/gas mixture outlet of the contactor, a stripping gas outlet, and a liquid fuel outlet; and a connection assembly mechanically coupling the stripping gas boost pump to the fuel gas separator, the connection assembly having a speed change mechanism such that the stripping gas boost pump rotates at a different rotational speed than the fuel gas separator.
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公开(公告)号：US20210215062A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-15
申请号：US17213503
申请日：2021-03-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Brandon Wayne Miller , Ian Francis Prentice , Daniel Alan Niergarth
Abstract: A fan for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades, a disk, and a trunnion mechanism for attaching the fan blades to the disk. The disk can be formed of a plurality of individual disk segments, with the trunnion mechanism attaching one of the plurality of fan blades to a respective disk segment. A retention member is also provided. The retention member includes a means for catching a portion of the trunnion mechanism should a primary attachment system of the trunnion mechanism fail.
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公开(公告)号：US10800539B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-13
申请号：US15241168
申请日：2016-08-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Daniel Alan Niergarth , Randy M. Vondrell , Brandon Wayne Miller , Patrick Michael Marrinan , Lawrence Chih-hui Cheung , Nikolai N. Pastouchenko
Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine and an electric propulsion engine defining a central axis. The electric propulsion engine includes an electric motor and a fan rotatable about the central axis of the electric propulsion engine by the electric motor. The electric propulsion engine additionally includes a bearing supporting rotation of the fan and a thermal management system including a thermal fluid circulation assembly. The thermal fluid circulation assembly is in thermal communication with at least one of the electric motor or the bearing and is further in thermal communication with a heat exchanger of a thermal management system of the gas turbine engine.
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