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Gas turbine engine control
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1984-10-01
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Granted: 1986-04-15
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Expires: 2004-10-01
Abstract
Abstract In one form of the present invention, the thrust of a gas turbine engine is inferred. If a droop in thrust is predicted, components of the engine are modulated in response to restore thrust.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald S. Carpenter
- 👤 William L. Gazzola
- 👤 Frederick J. Pineo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 06:18
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02K; F02K1/00; F02K1/06; F02K1/15; F02K3/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A gas turbine engine control comprising: (a) temperature error means for deriving an error signal, T5 ERROR, indicative of the deviation of the temperature of an engine component from a reference temperature; (b) variable exhaust nozzle (VEN) means for modifying the area of the exhaust nozzle of the engine as a function of T5 ERROR; and (c) T5 ERROR compensation means for modifying T5 ERROR such that T5 ERROR first increases then decreases to thereby induce the VEN means to first decrease and then increase the nozzle area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A gas turbine engine control comprising: (a) temperature error means for deriving an error signal, T5 ERROR, indicative of the deviation of the temperature of an engine component from a reference temperature; (b) variable exhaust nozzle (VEN) means for modifying the area of the exhaust nozzle of the engine as a function of T5 ERROR; and (c) T5 ERROR compensation means for modifying T5 ERROR such that T5 ERROR first increases then decreases to thereby induce the VEN means to first decrease and then increase the nozzle area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
99 words
In a gas turbine engine control which modulates a variable exhaust nozzle as a function of parameters which include a temperature error signal, T5 ERROR, derived from comparison of the temperature of a component of the engine with a reference schedule of temperatures, the improvement comprising: (a) first modification means for modifying T5 ERROR; (b) second modification means for modifying T5 ERROR such that the combined effect of the first and second modification means is to initially increase T5 ERROR according to a predetermined time constant and then to decrease T5 ERROR according to a predetermined second time constant.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
99 words
In a gas turbine engine control which modulates a variable exhaust nozzle as a function of parameters which include a temperature error signal, T5 ERROR, derived from comparison of the temperature of a component of the engine with a reference schedule of temperatures, the improvement comprising: (a) first modification means for modifying T5 ERROR; (b) second modification means for modifying T5 ERROR such that the combined effect of the first and second modification means is to initially increase T5 ERROR according to a predetermined time constant and then to decrease T5 ERROR according to a predetermined second time constant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
In a control according to claim 2 in which (a) the first modification means modifies T5 ERROR substantially according to the following LaPlace transform: ##EQU4## (b) the second modification means modifies T5 ERROR substantially according to the following LaPlace transform: ##EQU5## in which τ 2 >τ 1 .
Claim 6
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of compensating for the droop in thrust which occurs in a gas turbine engine upon acceleration, comprising the following steps: (a) inferring the occurrence of droop from a change in the temperature of the low pressure turbine exhaust T5; (b) increasing and then decreasing the difference between T5 and a reference to produce a compensated temperature signal, T5 COMP; and (c) modulating the exhaust nozzle area of the engine as a function of T5 COMP.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of compensating for the droop in thrust which occurs in a gas turbine engine upon acceleration, comprising the following steps: (a) inferring the occurrence of droop from a change in the temperature of the low pressure turbine exhaust T5; (b) increasing and then decreasing the difference between T5 and a reference to produce a compensated temperature signal, T5 COMP; and (c) modulating the exhaust nozzle area of the engine as a function of T5 COMP.
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