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Acceleration limit reset
Assignee: Aviation Electric Ltd
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Filing: 1981-01-14
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Granted: 1984-02-21
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Expires: 2001-01-14
Abstract
Abstract An acceleration limit reset circuit (38, 40, 42, 44) is disclosed for a closed loop fuel control (11) of a gas turbine engine (10). The closed loop control includes a comparator circuit (28) which compares an acceleration term Ngs-Nd to a limit value Al and if the scheduled acceleration (Ngs-Nd) is in excess of the limit, regulates the rate of change of the engine speed to the limited value Al. The acceleration limit Al is scheduled by an accel/decel limiter circuit (30) as substantially equivalent to the surge line of the engine. The acceleration limit reset circuit (38, 40, 42, 44) is provided for modifying the acceleration limit Al during special operating conditions of the engine (10) by a signal RRS.
Inventors
- 👤 David J. Hawes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 10:25
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C9/00; F02C9/26; F02C9/28; F05; F05D; F05D2270/00; F05D2270/01; F05D2270/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
An acceleration limit reset means for a fuel control of a two-spool gas turbine engine during mismatched spool speeds including means for generating an acceleration limit, said reset means characterized by: means for generating a high spool speed signal proportional to the actual speed of the high pressure compressor; means for generating a low spool speed signal proportional to the actual speed of the low pressure compressor; means, receiving said high and low spool speed signals, for generating a multiplication factor as a function of said high and low spool speed signals; and means for multiplying said acceleration limit by said factor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
An acceleration limit reset means for a fuel control of a two-spool gas turbine engine during mismatched spool speeds including means for generating an acceleration limit, said reset means characterized by: means for generating a high spool speed signal proportional to the actual speed of the high pressure compressor; means for generating a low spool speed signal proportional to the actual speed of the low pressure compressor; means, receiving said high and low spool speed signals, for generating a multiplication factor as a function of said high and low spool speed signals; and means for multiplying said acceleration limit by said factor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
A spool speed acceleration limit reset as defined in claim 1 wherein said multiplication factor generating means includes: means for generating a function defining a matched relationship for the high spool speed and the low spool speed; means for generating said multiplication factor as a unity term if matched operation is occurring; and means for generating said multiplication factor as a fractional term if matched operation is not occurring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
131 words
A fuel control for a gas turbine engine including a proportional speed loop and an integral loop, wherein said proportional speed loop is slaved to a datum formed by integrating an acceleration term in the integral loop; the fuel control further including means for limiting the acceleration term to a scheduled value substantially equivalent to the steady state surge line of the engine; the fuel control characterized by an acceleration limit reset means comprising: modifying means, receiving the scheduled value of the acceleration limit, for modifying the scheduled value during transient conditions, and for generating the acceleration limit of the fuel control as the modified schedule value, wherein said modifying means varies the scheduled acceleration limit as a function of the high spool speed and low spool speed of the engine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
131 words
A fuel control for a gas turbine engine including a proportional speed loop and an integral loop, wherein said proportional speed loop is slaved to a datum formed by integrating an acceleration term in the integral loop; the fuel control further including means for limiting the acceleration term to a scheduled value substantially equivalent to the steady state surge line of the engine; the fuel control characterized by an acceleration limit reset means comprising: modifying means, receiving the scheduled value of the acceleration limit, for modifying the scheduled value during transient conditions, and for generating the acceleration limit of the fuel control as the modified schedule value, wherein said modifying means varies the scheduled acceleration limit as a function of the high spool speed and low spool speed of the engine.
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