F05D2260/70

AUTOMATIC BLADE PITCH CONTROL

The invention relates to a method for controlling a pitch angle of the vanes or blades of a propellant body of a turbine engine, comprising generating a pitch command (i.sub.final) according to a rotational speed of the propeller (XN.sub.mes) and a speed setpoint (XN.sub.cons), the method comprises a nominal regulating chain (13), wherein the pitch command is further generated according to a value of a pitch angle (βmes) of the vanes or blades of the propellant body, and an off-nominal regulating chain (16), wherein the pitch command is generated independently of a value of a pitch angle of the vanes or blades of the propellant body.

FAN BLADE ASSEMBLY WITH MIDSPAN SHROUD
20230096351 · 2023-03-30 ·

An engine includes a fan section including a plurality of fan blade assemblies. A fan blade assembly includes a midspan shroud separating an inner portion and an outer portion of the fan blade assembly. An outer pitch of the outer portion is variable with respect to an inner pitch of the inner portion.

Method and system for adjusting a variable geometry mechanism

Systems and methods for adjusting a variable geometry mechanism of an engine are described herein. An engine control request indicative of a desired output power for the engine is monitored. A rate of change of the engine control request is determined. The rate of change is compared to a threshold. Responsive to determining that the rate of change is beyond the threshold, a transient bias map is applied to a steady-state schedule to generate a variable geometry mechanism request indicative of a target position for the variable geometry mechanism. The variable geometry mechanism is adjusted toward the target position according to the variable geometry mechanism request.

AIR OUTLET FOR A NACELLE FOR AN AIRCRAFT BYPASS TURBOJET ENGINE COMPRISING A GUIDING DEVICE TO FAVOR A REVERSE THRUST PHASE

An air outlet for a nacelle for an aircraft turbofan having an inner wall and an outer wall connected to each other by a trailing edge, at least one radial through aperture extending over an angular portion of the air outlet and having inner and outer open faces and, for each aperture, a guiding device having inner and outer movable members movably mounted between a closed position wherein the inner and outer movable members respectively close off the inner and outer open faces, the aperture defining a closed cavity and an open position wherein the inner and outer movable members are configured to allow an external air flow to circulate in the aperture to support a reverse thrust phase.

Gearbox for an engine
11655767 · 2023-05-23 · ·

A gearbox for an engine includes a rotating element and a turbomachine, the turbomachine includes a shaft, and the rotating element is driven by the shaft across the gearbox. The gearbox includes a ring gear, a first sun gear and a second sun gear each configured to be driven by the shaft of the turbomachine, a first planet gear comprising a first gear portion and a second gear portion, and a second planet gear comprising a first gear portion and a second gear portion.

Turbo engine with propeller(s) for an aircraft with a system for changing the pitch of the propeller

A turbo engine includes a system for changing a pitch of blades of a propeller, the system including an annular fluid cylinder with a linear drive and a link mechanism linking the cylinder to the blades of the propeller to change an orientation of the propeller. The annular cylinder of the system can be rigidly mounted on a fixed housing supporting the propeller and internal to the propeller, unlike the blades mounted in an external rotating hub of the propeller, and the link mechanism includes a displacement transfer bearing fixed, on one side, to the mobile part of the cylinder and cooperating, on the other side, with a mechanism linking to the blades of the rotating hub of the propeller.

VARIABLE CYCLE COMPENSATION IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
20220055763 · 2022-02-24 ·

An aspect includes a method of variable cycle compensation in a gas turbine engine. An electric component can be adjusted to compensate for a power change induced by an actuation system by operating the electric component as an electric motor to compensate for an increase in power absorption or a decrease in power production of a turbomachinery of the gas turbine engine. The actuation system is configured to adjust a variable cycle of the turbomachinery by adjusting power absorption or power production, and the electric component can be configured to add or subtract torque to a shaft of the gas turbine engine. The electric component can be operated as an electric generator to compensate for an increase in power production or a decrease in power absorption of the turbomachinery.

Gearbox efficiency rating for turbomachine engines

A turbomachine engine can include an unducted fan assembly, an unducted vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The unducted fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The unducted vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the unducted fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.

Feedback device with variable magnetic permeability
11499986 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A system and method for providing feedback for an aircraft-bladed rotor about a longitudinal axis and having an adjustable blade pitch angle. At least one position marker is provided at the rotor, extends along an axial direction, from a first end to a second end, and has varying magnetic permeability from the first end to the second end. At least one sensor is coupled to the rotor and configured for producing, as the rotor rotates about the longitudinal axis, at least one sensor signal in response to detecting passage of the at least one position marker. A control unit is communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and configured to generate a feedback signal indicative of the blade pitch angle in response to the at least one sensor signal received from the at least one sensor.

WIND TURBINE, WIND POWER PLANT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE AND A WIND POWER PLANT
20220307476 · 2022-09-29 ·

A wind turbine having a wake control system that is configured so as to control the wind turbine on the basis of wake effects caused at a further wind turbine, wherein the wake control system is configured so as to achieve control based on a turbulence measured value from a turbulence measurement sensor of the further wind turbine. A wind turbine having a turbulence measurement sensor that is configured so as to determine a turbulence measured value, wherein the turbulence measured value is indicative of a turbulence and/or wind shear at the wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine is configured so as to provide the turbulence measured value in order to control the wind turbine and/or a further wind turbine. A wake control system for a wind turbine, but also an improved wind farm and an improved method for controlling a wind turbine and a wind farm.