F02C9/266

COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE

A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an operability determination for a compressor of a gas turbine engine, the operability determination being determined using an output from a machine learning algorithm trained using data quantifying damage received by compressor blades of a compressor; determining one or more actions to be performed using the received operability determination; and generating control data using the determined one or more actions.

VALVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A FUEL SYSTEM
20200277898 · 2020-09-03 · ·

The disclosure relates to a valve for a fuel system having a body with at least one inlet and one outlet, the inlet fluidly connected to a pressurised fuel source in use. A shuttle is mounted within the body, the shuttle having a cavity of fixed volume and movable between a first position where fluid is permitted to flow through the inlet and is prevented from flowing through the outlet and a second position where fluid is prevented from flowing through the inlet and is permitted to flow through the outlet. A piston is configured to engage the fluid within the shuttle cavity to move the shuttle between the first and second position. A biasing mechanism biases the shuttle towards the first position and where the shuttle moves towards the second position when the fluid within the shuttle reaches a critical pressure.

DUAL REDUNDANT TWO-STAGE VALVE
20200271138 · 2020-08-27 ·

A vehicle power generation system including: a first solenoid spool valve; a second solenoid spool valve; a first poppet valve fluidly connected to a high pressure inlet; a second poppet valve fluidly connected to the first solenoid spool valve and the first poppet valve; a third poppet valve fluidly connected to the second solenoid spool valve, the first poppet valve, and an impulse turbine; and a fourth poppet valve fluidly connected to the second solenoid spool valve, the second poppet valve, and the impulse turbine.

Fuel System for Heat Engine

A fuel metering system for a combustion section of a turbo machine is provided. The turbo machine includes a main fuel line configured to provide a flow of fuel and a zone fuel line split from the main fuel line through which at least a portion of the flow of fuel is provided. A fuel valve is disposed at the zone fuel line and is configured to obtain and receive a present fuel valve area value and a present valve position value. A first pressure sensor is disposed upstream of the fuel valve, in which the first pressure sensor is configured to obtain a first pressure value. A second pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the fuel valve, in which the second pressure sensor is configured to obtain a second pressure value. A flow meter is disposed downstream of the fuel valve. A controller is configured to perform operations, in which the operations include determining a demanded fuel valve actuator position based at least on an estimated fuel valve actuator position and a demanded fuel flow; comparing the demanded fuel flow and a present fuel flow; determining an actual fuel valve actuator position based at least on the demanded fuel valve actuator position and the compared demanded fuel flow and present fuel flow; and generating an valve effective area at the fuel valve based at least on the actual fuel valve actuator position.

A METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE
20190203642 · 2019-07-04 · ·

The gas turbine comprises a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The method comprises: compressing air with the compressor and feeding compressed air continuously to the combustor, feeding fuel to the combustor, continuously firing the mixture of fuel and gas in the combustor, feeding combustion gases from the combustor to the turbine, and supplying at least a portion of the total amount of fuel that is supplied to the combustor intermittently.

Transient emission temperature control of turbine systems

In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a turbine control system, comprising a processor. The processor is configured to receive an input for transitioning between a normal load path (NLP) of a turbine system and a cold load path (CLP) of the turbine system. The processor is additionally configured to determine a carbon monoxide (CO) setpoint based on the input. The processor is further configured to apply a temperature control based on the CO setpoint, wherein the normal load path comprises higher emissions temperatures as compared to the cold load path.

Providing oxidation to a gas turbine engine
09638111 · 2017-05-02 ·

A gas turbine engine includes a compressor for compressing air from an environment; a combustor for receiving the compressed air from the compressor, mixing the compressed air with fuel, and combusting the fuel; a turbine coupled with the compressor for receiving exhaust gas from the combustion and powering the compressor; and an injector coupled with a source of oxidizer for injecting the oxidizer into the combustor. A method for operating a gas turbine engine includes compressing air from an environment; receiving the compressed air at a combustor; mixing the compressed air with fuel; injecting oxidizer into the combustor in addition to the air from the environment; combusting the fuel with the compressed air and the oxidizer; receiving exhaust gas from the combusted fuel; and powering the compression of the air from the environment using the exhaust gas.

TRANSIENT EMISSION TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF TURBINE SYSTEMS
20170089267 · 2017-03-30 ·

In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a turbine control system, comprising a processor. The processor is configured to receive an input for transitioning between a normal load path (NLP) of a turbine system and a cold load path (CLP) of the turbine system. The processor is additionally configured to determine a carbon monoxide (CO) setpoint based on the input. The processor is further configured to apply a temperature control based on the CO setpoint, wherein the normal load path comprises higher emissions temperatures as compared to the cold load path.