Fuel control system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11746713B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US16794620

    申请日:2020-02-19

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F02C9/52 F02C9/54

    摘要: A control system of a gas turbine engine is provided. The engine has a fuel flow metering valve which regulates a fuel flow to the engine, and one or more variable geometry components which are movable between different set points to vary an operating configuration of the engine. The control system has an engine fuel control sub-system which provides a fuel flow demand signal for controlling the fuel flow metering valve. The control system further has a variable geometry control sub-system which determines current set points to be adopted by the variable geometry components given the current engine operating condition in order to comply with one or more engine constraints. The control system further has an optimiser that receives the current set points and determines adjusted values of the set points which optimise, while complying with the engine constraints, an objective function modelling a performance characteristic of the engine, the objective function adapting to change in engine performance with time. The control system further has a feedback loop in which the adjusted values of the set points thus-determined are sent to the variable geometry control sub-system to vary the current set points.

    Hybrid gas turbine engine system powered warm-up

    公开(公告)号:US11542872B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US17501051

    申请日:2021-10-14

    摘要: An aspect includes a hybrid gas turbine engine system of a hybrid electric aircraft. The hybrid gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine having a low speed spool and a high speed spool, a generator operably coupled to the low speed spool, a high spool electric motor operably coupled to the high speed spool, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the hybrid gas turbine engine system in a powered warm-up state to add heat to one or more components of the gas turbine engine by operating the gas turbine engine with a higher engine power setting above idle to drive rotation of the generator, transfer power from the generator to the high spool electric motor, and produce thrust. The gas turbine engine transitions from the powered warm-up state after reaching a target temperature of the one or more components in the powered warm-up state.