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Back-up control apparatus for turbo machine
Assignee: Pratt and Whitney Canada Corp
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Filing: 2000-12-22
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Granted: 2003-05-27
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Expires: 2020-12-22
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for controlling a turbo-machine in case of failure of the main burn fuel flow calculator. The apparatus receives at least information from various sensors as well as from the main burn fuel flow calculator. The method and apparatus, herein disclosed, provides a smooth and secure transition between the last burn fuel flow value before the failure of the main burn fuel flow calculator and the future burn fuel flow values.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexandre Jay
- 👤 Jim Robert Jarvo
- 👤 Daniel Claude Gratton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 14:03
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C9/00; F02C9/26; F02C9/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A back-up system for controlling a turbo-machine via a fuel metering unit when a main electronic engine control of the turbo-machine fails and which comprises; a back-up burn fuel flow calculator, said back-up fuel flow calculator receiving at least the amount of fuel requested by an operator signal of the turbo-machine and the actual spool speed of the turbo-machine and computing an amount of fuel to provide to said turbo-machine in order to adjust its speed to obtain a spool speed equivalent to said amount of fuel requested by the operator signal; a last burn fuel flow storage, said last burn fuel flow storage storing the last burn fuel flow value provided by said main electronic engine control before its failure; and a transitional burn fuel flow manager, said transitional burn fuel flow manager receiving the amount of fuel computed by said back-up burn fuel flow calculator and said last burn fuel flow value stored in said storage and providing a transitional amount of fuel to said fuel metering unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
A back-up system for controlling a turbo-machine via a fuel metering unit when a main electronic engine control of the turbo-machine fails and which comprises; a back-up burn fuel flow calculator, said back-up fuel flow calculator receiving at least the amount of fuel requested by an operator signal of the turbo-machine and the actual spool speed of the turbo-machine and computing an amount of fuel to provide to said turbo-machine in order to adjust its speed to obtain a spool speed equivalent to said amount of fuel requested by the operator signal; a last burn fuel flow storage, said last burn fuel flow storage storing the last burn fuel flow value provided by said main electronic engine control before its failure; and a transitional burn fuel flow manager, said transitional burn fuel flow manager receiving the amount of fuel computed by said back-up burn fuel flow calculator and said last burn fuel flow value stored in said storage and providing a transitional amount of fuel to said fuel metering unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a non-volatile memory connected to said back-up burn fuel flow calculator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said back-up burn fuel flow calculator receives also an ambient temperature and an ambient pressure from an ambient temperature sensor and an ambient pressure sensor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said non-volatile memory comprises a look-up table which provides a relation between a fuel consumption of the turbo-machine and the speed of the turbo-machine, using said ambient temperature and said ambient pressure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said transitional burn fuel flow manager receives an enabling signal from said main electronic engine control of the turbo-machine, said enabling signal being responsible for beginning said computing of the amount of fuel to provide to said fuel metering unit.
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