Patent classifications
F05D2270/112
CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, POWER CONTROL DEVICE, GAS TURBINE, AND POWER CONTROL METHOD
Provided is a control device of a gas turbine including a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The control device executes load control of allowing an operation control point for operation control of a gas turbine to vary in response to a load of the gas turbine. The operation of the gas turbine is controlled on the basis of a rated temperature adjustment line for temperature adjustment control of a flue gas temperature at a predetermined load to a rated flue gas temperature at which performance of the gas turbine becomes rated performance, a preceding setting line for setting of the flue gas temperature at the predetermined load to a preceding flue gas temperature that becomes lower in precedence to the rated flue gas temperature, and a limit temperature adjustment line for temperature adjustment control.
HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR AUGMENTED BLEED WITH AUTONOMOUSLY ACTUATED VALVE
Gas turbine engine compressor bleed assembly includes annular bleed plenum between annular outer and inner casings circumscribing compressor flowpath of compressor, upstream and downstream bleed ports disposed through inner casing and between compressor flowpath and plenum at upstream and downstream stages. Bleed path extends from downstream bleed port through bleed plenum and out bleed outlet disposed through outer casing. Autonomously actuated valve such as poppet valve disposed in bleed path or downstream bleed port. Autonomously actuated or poppet valve may be set to open at take-off and/or climb. Bleed outlet may be customer and domestic or engine bleed outlet disposed through outer casing and in fluid bleed air communication with bleed plenum. Another assembly may include annular forward and aft bleed outlets connected to plenums. Bleed path extends from downstream bleed port through plenums and out forward bleed outlet.
Method and a system for regulating a temperature associated with a heat exchanger assembly of a turbine engine
A method of regulating a temperature associated with a heat exchanger assembly of a turbine engine, the method includes, in a single cycle: measuring the temperature of an air stream at the outlet from a heat exchanger; receiving a setpoint temperature for the air stream at the outlet from the heat exchanger; estimating a theoretical temperature for the air stream at the outlet from the heat exchanger as a function of an estimate of the shutter position of a controlled valve bleeding off a cooling air stream for the heat exchanger; determining a correction current from the difference between the measured temperature and the theoretical temperature; and determining a control current for the shutter from the difference between the measured temperature and the setpoint temperature and the correction current determined during the preceding cycle, the shutter position being determined from the control and correction currents determined during the preceding cycle.
System and method for disposable infrared imaging system
An infrared imaging device includes a plurality of electronic components, a phase change material, and a heat transfer structure. The plurality of electronic components is configured to collect data and have a predetermined temperature parameter. The plurality of electronic components is disposed within the phase change material. The phase change material has a first material phase and a second material phase. The phase change material has a first material phase and a second material phase. The phase change material is configured to absorb heat through changing from the first material phase to the second material phase. The heat transfer structure is disposed within the phase change material. The heat transfer structure is configured to conduct heat within the phase change material. The phase change material and the heat transfer structure are further configured to regulate a temperature of the electronic components below the predetermined temperature parameter.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING BOWED ROTOR IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
A turbomachine for a vehicle is provided. The turbomachine includes a first rotatable component; a first power source operatively coupled with the first rotatable component; a second power source selectively coupled with the first rotatable component; and a controller having one or more processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, in performing the operations, the one or more processors are configured to: receive an input indicating an engine shutdown of the turbomachine; and in response to the engine shutdown, cause the second power source to provide power to and rotate the first rotatable component.
Gas turbine engine with heat exchanger diagnostics
A gas turbine engine has a compressor section and a turbine section. A secondary cooling air includes a first fluid connection to tap cooling air and pass the cooling air through a plurality of tubes, and a second fluid connection for returning air from the tubes back to at least one of the compressor and turbine for cooling. A sensor senses a condition of the cooling air downstream of the tubes and a control compares the sensed condition of the cooling air to an expected condition, and to identify a potential concern in the cooling air system should the sensed condition differ from the expected condition by more than a predetermined amount.
METHOD FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST GASES OF A TURBOMACHINE
A method for regulating the temperature of the exhaust gases of a turbomachine, the method including regulation of the injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of the turbomachine so that the turbomachine generates a target thrust; regulation of the injection of mechanical power by an electric motor onto a shaft driven in rotation by a turbine, the electric motor being activated when a clearance between a casing and the blades of the turbine exceeds a threshold value.
ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
A system has first and second fuel stores for first and second fuels, an engine, a fuel distribution system, first and second flow rates of the fuel contributing to a total flow rate of fuel; and a controller for controlling the relative fractions of the total flow rate of fuel to the engine according to the required power output of the engine such that the relative fraction of the total flow rate of fuel to the engine represented by the second flow rate increases with increasing required power output of the engine. The fuels are selected such that using only the second fuel results in a lower engine temperature than using only the first fuel, for the same mechanical power and/or the second fuel has a lower specific energy than the first and/or the second fuel produces more water during combustion than the first fuel per unit of fuel energy.
ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
A system comprises first and second first fuel stores, an engine arranged to produce mechanical power, a fuel distribution system arranged to deliver fuel from the first and second fuel stores to the engine, the first fuel delivered at a first mass flow rate, the second fuel delivered at a second mass flow rate, the first and second mass flow rates contributing to a total mass flow rate of fuel to the engine, and a control system arranged to increase the relative fraction of the total mass flow rate of fuel represented by the second mass flow rate during a period of acceleration of the engine, in order to control a surge margin of the engine. The second fuel is selected to have a higher specific energy than the first fuel and to release a greater mass of water per unit mass of fuel than the first fuel.
ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
An engine system comprises a first fuel store, a second fuel store, an engine arranged to produce mechanical power by combustion or oxidation of a fuel in an engine, a fuel distribution system arranged to deliver fuel from the first and second fuel stores to the engine, the first fuel delivered at a first mass flow rate, the second fuel delivered at a second mass flow rate, the first and second mass flow rates contributing to a total mass flow rate of fuel to the engine; and a control system arranged to control the relative fractions of the total mass flow rate of fuel to the engine represented by the first mass flow rate and the second mass flow rate, based on an engine temperature.