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https://drivepatents.com/patents/984161 · 4 Sep 2013
An apparatus for local loop closure is provided. The apparatus includes a component (100) for use in a gas turbine engine. The component includes at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve, at least one sensor (232), and an electronic module (106) compr...
Device and method for controlling a power plant comprising at least one turbine engine, and aircraft
https://drivepatents.com/patents/987701 · 7 Aug 2013
The method involves determining whether rotation speed of a gas generator (4) of a turbomotor (3) reaches a preset limit during evaluation process. A determination is made to find whether temperature reaches another limit. A mechanical sampling unit (100) ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/988054 · 31 Jul 2013
A control system (42) for a machine comprising a plurality of independently replaceable machine modules (38) comprises a controller (40) operable to control operation of the machine (36). Memory (46) stores machine data for use by the controller (40). Comm...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/988332 · 24 Jul 2013
A power management system (100) for online power management of an engine (10). The power management system including a baseline power management component (102) configured to receive at least one data input (112) from an engine control system (104) operati...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1001874 · 30 May 2012
A turbine performance diagnostic system (50) creates a performance report for one or more turbines (60) and includes an assessment module that receives operating data from at least one turbine and produces a performance report (70) from the operating data....
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1003265 · 18 Apr 2012
A full authority digital engine controller (FADEC) (16;116;316;416) controls an engine (12;112;312;412) attached to an airframe (14;114;314;414). The FADEC (16;116;316;416) includes an electronic engine controller (EEC) (20;120;320;420) attached to the eng...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1011679 · 22 Jun 2011
A method for modeling the performance of a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes the steps of: 1) providing a processor; 2) inputting flight condition parameter data and engine output parameter data into a gas turbine engine model operating o...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1015984 · 9 Feb 2011
A system and method for tuning a gas turbine (200) comprises a turbine controller (210) coupled to the gas turbine (200), a first computer system coupled to the turbine controller (210) and located locally to the gas turbine (200), and a second computer sy...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1071804 · 14 Dec 2005
A method and apparatus for predicting and avoiding lean blow-outs (LBOs) in a gas turbine engine; the method includes extracting (116) a plurality of tones in pressure signals (102) representative of pressure within monitored combustor cans, tracking (128)...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1071969 · 7 Dec 2005
A method of determining the temperature inside a combustion liner without making a direct measurement of the actual temperature. The technique is based on a measurement of the frequency of one of the transverse acoustic modes occurring inside the combustio...