SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING GAS TURBINE ENGINE OPERATING MARGINS

    公开(公告)号:US20240060427A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US17892776

    申请日:2022-08-22

    发明人: Martin Drolet

    IPC分类号: F01D21/00

    摘要: A system for a gas turbine engine includes an engine control system. The engine control system includes a processor and a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain a current engine installation configuration for the gas turbine engine and the aircraft, determine an expected normalized value of the engine parameter based on the current engine installation configuration and one or more of a normalized engine power (SHPN) of the gas turbine engine, an engine inlet temperature, an airspeed, or an altitude, determine a fully deteriorated engine (FDE) value of the engine parameter using the expected normalized value of the engine parameter, determine a current value of the engine parameter for the gas turbine engine, and determine the engine operating margin for the engine parameter based on the FDE value of the engine parameter and the current value of the engine parameter.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING ENGINE PERFORMANCE IN-FLIGHT

    公开(公告)号:US20210179294A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US16713273

    申请日:2019-12-13

    IPC分类号: B64F5/60 F02C9/00

    摘要: Systems and Methods are described for testing engine performance in-flight in an aircraft having a first engine and a second engine. The method comprises operating the first engine at a first power level in an output speed governing mode, operating the second engine at a second power level greater than the first power level in a core speed governing mode concurrently with the first engine operating at the first power level in the output speed governing mode, and performing an engine performance test on the second engine while the second engine is at the second power level in the core speed governing mode.

    Compressor diffuser with plasma actuators

    公开(公告)号:US11619240B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17407525

    申请日:2021-08-20

    发明人: Martin Drolet

    摘要: There is disclosed a centrifugal compressor including an impeller rotatable about an axis and a diffuser downstream of the impeller. The diffuser has walls delimiting flow passages. Plasma actuators are positioned adjacent the walls and are operatively connectable to a source of electricity. The plasma actuators have a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer therebetween. The first electrode is upstream of the second electrode. The first electrode is exposed to the flow passage. The second electrode is shielded from the flow passage by the dielectric layer. The plasma actuators are operable to generate an electric field through the dielectric layer. The plasma actuators are located closer to inlets of the flow passage than to outlets of the flow passages. A method of operating the compressor is disclosed.

    Method and system for governing an engine at low power

    公开(公告)号:US11554874B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17061657

    申请日:2020-10-02

    摘要: There are described methods and systems for operating an aircraft having two or more engines. One method comprises operating the two or more engines of the aircraft in an asymmetric operating regime, wherein a first of the engines is in an active mode to provide motive power to the aircraft and a second of the engines is in a standby mode to provide substantially no motive power to the aircraft; governing the first engine in the active mode using a first governing logic; and governing the second engine in the standby mode using a second governing logic, the second governing logic based on a target compressor speed and variable geometry mechanism (VGM) settings that are adjusted using trim values dependent on at least one parameter of the second engine in the standby mode.

    Method and apparatus for measuring compressor bleed flow

    公开(公告)号:US11549446B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US17665184

    申请日:2022-02-04

    IPC分类号: F02C6/08 F02C9/28 F01D21/00

    摘要: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, an annular casing surrounding the compressor, and a bleed flow adapter mounted to an exterior side of the annular casing. The annular casing includes the exterior side and an interior side. The interior side surrounds a compressor bleed cavity located downstream of at least a portion of the compressor. The bleed flow adapter is in fluid communication with the bleed cavity. The bleed flow adapter includes an inlet end, an outlet end, and an inner diameter surface extending between the inlet end and the outlet end. The inner diameter surface defines a bleed passage. The bleed flow adapter further includes a fluid port formed through the inner diameter surface. The gas turbine engine further includes a bleed flow measurement system including a first pressure sensor in fluid communication with the bleed passage of the bleed flow adapter via the fluid port.

    System and method for testing engine performance in-flight

    公开(公告)号:US11427353B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US16713273

    申请日:2019-12-13

    IPC分类号: B64F5/60 F02C9/00

    摘要: Systems and Methods are described for testing engine performance in-flight in an aircraft having a first engine and a second engine. The method comprises operating the first engine at a first power level in an output speed governing mode, operating the second engine at a second power level greater than the first power level in a core speed governing mode concurrently with the first engine operating at the first power level in the output speed governing mode, and performing an engine performance test on the second engine while the second engine is at the second power level in the core speed governing mode.