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公开(公告)号:US12123362B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US18225427
申请日:2023-07-24
Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
Inventor: Peter Swann , Christopher P Madden , Craig W Bemment
CPC classification number: F02C9/40 , F02C9/28 , F23R3/343 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2270/08 , F05D2270/306 , F05D2270/31 , F05D2270/71
Abstract: An aircraft has first and second fuel sources containing fuels with different characteristics, and one or more gas turbine engines powered by the fuels and each having a staged combustion system having pilot and main fuel injectors and being operable in pilot-only and pilot-and-main ranges of operation. The gas turbine engines each have a fuel delivery regulator arranged to control fuel delivery to the pilot and main fuel injectors. The method includes: obtaining a proposed mission description; obtaining nvPM impact parameters for the gas turbine engines, the impact parameters being associated with each operating condition of the proposed mission; calculating an optimised set of one or more fuel characteristics for each flight condition of the proposed flight defined in the flight description based on the nvPM impact parameters; and determining a fuel allocation based on the optimised set of one or more fuel characteristics.
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公开(公告)号:US12116940B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17215575
申请日:2021-03-29
Applicant: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
Inventor: Philippe Beauchesne-Martel , Poi Loon Tang , Andrew Thompson , Ghislain Plante
CPC classification number: F02C9/20 , F02K3/04 , F04D27/0246 , F05D2270/023 , F05D2270/052 , F05D2270/053 , F05D2270/3011 , F05D2270/303 , F05D2270/304 , F05D2270/335 , F05D2270/71
Abstract: Herein provided are methods and systems for controlling an engine having a variable geometry mechanism. A pressure ratio between a first pressure at an inlet of the engine and a predetermined reference pressure is determined. An output power for the engine is determined. The output power is adjusted based at least in part on the pressure ratio to obtain a corrected output power. A position control signal for a variable geometry mechanism of the engine is generated based on the corrected output power and the pressure ratio. The position control signal is output to a controller of the engine to control the variable geometry mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US12085029B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18084083
申请日:2022-12-19
Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
Inventor: Peter Swann , Craig W Bemment , Alastair G Hobday , Benjamin J Keeler , Christopher P Madden
CPC classification number: F02C9/40 , F01D21/003 , F02C9/28 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2260/83 , F05D2270/07 , F05D2270/71
Abstract: A method of operating an aircraft that includes a propulsion system. The propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine and a fuel tank arranged to provide fuel to the gas turbine engine. The method includes: determining at least one fuel characteristic of the fuel arranged to be provided to the gas turbine engine; and controlling the propulsion system based on the at least one fuel characteristic.
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公开(公告)号:US20240229724A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18151939
申请日:2023-01-09
Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Liang Tang , Danbing Seto
IPC: F02C9/00
CPC classification number: F02C9/00 , F05D2260/80 , F05D2270/71 , F05D2270/802
Abstract: An engine model calibration system includes a gas turbine engine, a sensor, a nominal engine estimation module for FD&I, and a self-tuning engine estimation module for engine parameter estimation. The nominal engine estimation module includes an open-loop nominal engine model configured to output estimated nominal engine parameters indicative of the one or more engine operating parameters, and selectively updates the open-loop nominal engine model based on one or more identified engine operating conditions. The engine model calibration system can perform calibration of a nominal engine model and a self-tuning engine model as they are used for FD&I and engine parameter estimation. The self-calibrating dynamic model also can separate the long-term tuning parameters and the short-term tuning parameters from one another so that the self-tuning capability for the self-tuning engine model is not compromised or diminished as the engine deteriorates.
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公开(公告)号:US12031489B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US17382922
申请日:2021-07-22
Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
Inventor: Philippe Beauchesne-Martel , Martin Drolet , Axel Robert
CPC classification number: F02C9/22 , F04D27/001 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2260/81 , F05D2270/301 , F05D2270/304 , F05D2270/306 , F05D2270/71
Abstract: A system and a method for configuring at least one variable geometry mechanism (VGM) of an aircraft engine are provided. Pass-off testing data for the aircraft engine is obtained, the pass-off testing data indicative of an actual value of at least one operating parameter of the aircraft engine. Based on the pass-off testing data, at least one trim value to be used to adjust a setting of the at least one VGM to bring the actual value of the at least one operating parameter towards a target value is determined, a running line of the aircraft engine being substantially constant when the actual value of the at least one operating parameter is at the target value. The setting of the at least one VGM is adjusted, during pass-off testing of the aircraft engine, using the at least one trim value.
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公开(公告)号:US12013227B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-18
申请号:US17857284
申请日:2022-07-05
Inventor: Tong Wu , Yue Gao , Yinxiao Miao , Ke Liu , Lizhen Guo , Zengyu Sun , Haicun Zhang
CPC classification number: G01B11/24 , F01D21/003 , F01D25/285 , G01B5/008 , G01B11/005 , G01B11/28 , F05D2230/644 , F05D2240/12 , F05D2270/71 , F05D2270/8041 , G01B11/2518 , G01B2210/54 , G06T2207/10028
Abstract: A system for automatically measuring an exhaust area of a turbine guide vane, including a data acquisition module configured to measure a three-dimensional point cloud coordinate of a contour of a throat; a positioning module configured to automatically adjust a relative spatial position between the data acquisition module and the turbine guide vane; and a data processing module configured to fit a three-dimensional contour of the throat according to the three-dimensional point cloud coordinate measured by the data acquisition module. A method for automatically measuring an exhaust area of a turbine guide vane using the system is also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US11867128B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US16959835
申请日:2019-01-04
Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Inventor: Cedrik Djelassi
CPC classification number: F02C9/00 , H03H21/0025 , F05D2270/122 , F05D2270/304 , F05D2270/71
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for filtering an input signal (3b, 4b, 5b) relative to a physical variable of a turbine engine (9), the input signal being digitised, the method implementing frequency filtering of said signal in a computer (6) of a control system (7) of said turbine engine (9), said signal being provided at the input of the computer, a digital derivative of said signal being intended for being used by the control system (7), characterised in that it involves: —detecting an amplitude variation of said variable on said input signal, by a step of generating a second derivative signal (S) of the input signal and a step of comparing a value of the second derivative value of the input signal with at least one predetermined threshold (S1 . . . Sn); and —adapting the frequency filtering of said input signal as a function of the detected amplitude variation of said variable, by a step of controlling a controlled filter (PB11) capable of applying frequency filtering to the input signal, so that the controlled filter applies or does not apply the frequency filtering as a function of a result of the comparison step.
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公开(公告)号:US11713725B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US16885541
申请日:2020-05-28
Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
Inventor: Leonard Charles Angello , David Robert Noble , Andrew Mueller , John Alexander Miltner , Benjamin Emerson , Scott Sheppard , Jared Kee , Timothy Charles Lieuwen
IPC: F02C9/50 , G01D3/08 , G01H3/12 , G01D21/02 , G01H1/12 , F23N5/16 , F23N5/24 , G05D11/02 , G01H9/00
CPC classification number: F02C9/50 , G01D3/08 , G01D21/02 , G01H1/12 , G01H3/12 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2260/80 , F05D2260/821 , F05D2270/092 , F05D2270/333 , F05D2270/44 , F05D2270/71 , F05D2270/80 , F05D2270/81 , F23N5/16 , F23N5/242 , G01H9/002 , G05D11/02
Abstract: A method for detecting blowout precursors in at least one gas turbine combustor comprising: receiving combustion dynamics acoustic data measured by an acoustic measuring device associated with the combustor in real time; performing wavelet analysis on the acoustic data using simplified Mexican Hat wavelet transform analysis; and determining the existence of a blowout precursor based at least in part on the wavelet analysis. Provided also is a system and a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method.
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公开(公告)号:US20230193838A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-22
申请号:US18084083
申请日:2022-12-19
Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
Inventor: Peter SWANN , Craig W. BEMMENT , Alastair G. HOBDAY , Benjamin J. KEELER , Christopher P. MADDEN
CPC classification number: F02C9/40 , F01D21/003 , F02C9/28 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2260/83 , F05D2270/07 , F05D2270/71
Abstract: A method of operating an aircraft that includes a propulsion system. The propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine and a fuel tank arranged to provide fuel to the gas turbine engine. The method includes: determining at least one fuel characteristic of the fuel arranged to be provided to the gas turbine engine; and controlling the propulsion system based on the at least one fuel characteristic.
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公开(公告)号:US20180274385A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US14905641
申请日:2015-12-11
Applicant: William Forrester SEELY , Xu FU , Mustafa Tekin DOKUCU , Ronghui ZHOU , General Electric Company
Inventor: William Forrester Seely , Xu Fu , Mustafa Tekin Dokucu , Ronghui Zhou
CPC classification number: F01D21/14 , F01D21/003 , F01D21/04 , F01D25/06 , F02C9/00 , F04D27/0261 , F04D29/665 , F05D2240/24 , F05D2260/81 , F05D2260/96 , F05D2270/11 , F05D2270/114 , F05D2270/304 , F05D2270/312 , F05D2270/313 , F05D2270/334 , F05D2270/54 , F05D2270/71 , G01H1/006 , G01H13/00 , G05B13/042
Abstract: A flutter control system for a turbine includes a processor. The processor is configured to detect blade flutter of a turbine. The blade flutter indicates that blades of the turbine are in a deflected position different from a nominal operating position. The processor is configured to control operational parameters of the turbine that reduce or eliminate the blade flutter to improve the reliability and efficiency of the turbine.
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