EP0679800A2
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Gaseous fuel compression and control system for gas turbine engine
Assignee: Aisin Corp
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Filing: 1995-04-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-04-27
Abstract
Abstract A gaseous fuel compression and control system for a gas turbine engine (30) comprises a screw compressor (10) driven by an electric motor (11) for feeding gaseous fuel to the gas turbine engine, and a modulating device (12) for modulating the rotational speed of the motor by controlling the frequency of electric power to the motor in response to sensed output power of the gas turbine engine. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Peter H. Birch
- 👤 Mark G. Norton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 18:20
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C3/00; F02C3/20; F02C3/22; F02C7/00; F02C7/22; F02C9/00; F02C9/26; F02C9/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system for a gas turbine engine (30) comprising: a screw compressor driven by an electric motor (11) for compressing gaseous fuel for supply to the gas turbine engine; a power sensor for sensing the output power of the gas turbine engine; and modulating means (12) for controlling the frequency of electrical power supplied to the electric motor, so as to control the speed of the electric motor, in response to a control signal derived from the power sensor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system according to claim 1, wherein the power sensor is associated with a comparison means (32) for comparing the output of the power sensor, representing the instantaneous output power of the gas turbine engine, with a reference power value (33) to derive the control signal for varying the motor speed in a manner to vary the output power of the gas turbine engine until it coincides with the reference power value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system according to claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising a separator tank (13) fed by the compressor (10) for removing oil entrained in the compressed gaseous fuel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
134 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system according to claim 3, further comprising a control valve (21) in a fuel supply line for delivering gaseous compressed fuel from the compressor (10) to the engine (30), and pressure sensing means (17) for monitoring the pressure in the separator tank (13), wherein the control signal is effective to vary the setting of the control valve, thereby to alter the delivery rate of fuel from the compressor to the engine and thus the monitored pressure in the separator tank; and a secondary control signal generated from a comparison between the monitored pressure in the separator tank and a reference pressure (41) is effective to control the frequency of electrical power supplied by the modulating means to the electric motor, thereby to control the speed of the motor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system according to claim 4, wherein the control valve (21) is a proportional flow control valve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system according to any of claims 3 to 5, further comprising means (19,18) for monitoring the oil level and the gas temperature in the separator tank (13) and for shutting down the system if too low an oil level or too high a gas temperature is sensed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A gaseous fuel compression and control system according to any preceding claim, wherein the modulating means (12) controls both the voltage and the frequency of electrical power supplied to the electric motor (10).
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