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公开(公告)号:US11725594B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17155814
申请日:2021-01-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Robert Jon McQuiston , Cameron Roy Nott , Stefan Joseph Cafaro
CPC classification number: F02C9/28 , F05D2220/76
Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid-electric gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes: receiving data indicative of an actual rotational speed of a shaft; calculating an error between the actual rotational speed of the shaft and a commanded rotational speed of the shaft; providing the calculated error to a fuel flow control circuit operable with a fuel delivery system of the hybrid-electric propulsion engine; providing the calculated error to an electric machine control circuit operable with an electric machine of the hybrid-electric propulsion engine, the electric machine drivingly coupled to the shaft; and modifying a torque on the shaft from the electric machine with the electric machine control circuit based on the calculated error.
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公开(公告)号:US12264951B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US17732945
申请日:2022-04-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A fuel flow measuring system includes an ultrasonic fuel flow sensor. The fuel flow sensor includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is excited at multiple different excitation frequencies and a voltage, an electric current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the electric current is sensed at the first transducer during excitation. Data points are generated based on the sensed readings and a model is fit to the data points to determine a complex impedance spectrum. The complex impedance spectrum indicates a range of excitation frequencies within a range of a peak resonance frequency of the first transducer. One or more characteristics of excitation signals directed to the second transducer are set based on the determined complex impedance spectrum. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio of ultrasonic signals emitted by the second transducer and received by the first transducer can be maximized.
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公开(公告)号:US12264952B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US17732960
申请日:2022-04-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A fuel flow measuring system includes an ultrasonic fuel flow sensor. The fuel flow sensor includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is excited at multiple different excitation frequencies and a voltage, an electric current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the electric current is sensed at the first transducer during excitation. Data points are generated based on the sensed readings and a model is fit to the data points to determine a complex impedance spectrum. The complex impedance spectrum indicates a range of excitation frequencies within a range of a peak resonance frequency of the first transducer. One or more characteristics of excitation signals directed to the second transducer are set based on the determined complex impedance spectrum. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio of ultrasonic signals emitted by the second transducer and received by the first transducer can be maximized.
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公开(公告)号:US20220364894A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-17
申请号:US17732945
申请日:2022-04-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: G01F1/667 , F01D21/00 , G01N29/036 , G01N29/44
Abstract: A fuel flow measuring system includes an ultrasonic fuel flow sensor. The fuel flow sensor includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is excited at multiple different excitation frequencies and a voltage, an electric current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the electric current is sensed at the first transducer during excitation. Data points are generated based on the sensed readings and a model is fit to the data points to determine a complex impedance spectrum. The complex impedance spectrum indicates a range of excitation frequencies within a range of a peak resonance frequency of the first transducer. One or more characteristics of excitation signals directed to the second transducer are set based on the determined complex impedance spectrum. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio of ultrasonic signals emitted by the second transducer and received by the first transducer can be maximized.
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公开(公告)号:US20220357190A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
申请号:US17732960
申请日:2022-04-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A fuel flow measuring system includes an ultrasonic fuel flow sensor. The fuel flow sensor includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is excited at multiple different excitation frequencies and a voltage, an electric current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the electric current is sensed at the first transducer during excitation. Data points are generated based on the sensed readings and a model is fit to the data points to determine a complex impedance spectrum. The complex impedance spectrum indicates a range of excitation frequencies within a range of a peak resonance frequency of the first transducer. One or more characteristics of excitation signals directed to the second transducer are set based on the determined complex impedance spectrum. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio of ultrasonic signals emitted by the second transducer and received by the first transducer can be maximized.
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公开(公告)号:US20220065177A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17155814
申请日:2021-01-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Robert Jon McQuiston , Cameron Roy Nott , Stefan Joseph Cafaro
Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid-electric gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes: receiving data indicative of an actual rotational speed of a shaft; calculating an error between the actual rotational speed of the shaft and a commanded rotational speed of the shaft; providing the calculated error to a fuel flow control circuit operable with a fuel delivery system of the hybrid-electric propulsion engine; providing the calculated error to an electric machine control circuit operable with an electric machine of the hybrid-electric propulsion engine, the electric machine drivingly coupled to the shaft; and modifying a torque on the shaft from the electric machine with the electric machine control circuit based on the calculated error.
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