Goodrich Control Systems Limited

Rolls-royce Controls and Data Services Limited

Rolls-royce Engine Control Systems Limited

Neil Rawlinson

Mark Scully

Michael Robert Lyons

Laurence Alden

Blair Ramsay

William Keith Bradbury

A fuel staging system comprises a splitter valve arranged to split an input fuel stream into a pilot fuel stream and a main fuel stream, the splitter valve comprising a spool slidable within a bore, the spool and bore together defining first and second control chambers, the fluid pressures in which determine the position occupied by the spool, the system further comprising a control line which, in use, controls fuel delivery through a plurality of main burners, the fluid pressure in the control line being a combination of the fluid pressures in the first and second control chambers.

Fuel staging system

A staging valve arrangement is described that comprises an arrangement of electrically driven staging valves that are located, in use, in the high temperature core zone of an engine. Each staging valve may comprise a housing having an inlet, a pilot flow outlet and a mains flow outlet, a valve member movable between a closed position in which the mains flow outlet is closed and an open position in which the mains flow outlet is open, a motor operable to drive the valve member for movement, and a cooling arrangement.

Staging valve arrangement and valve for use therein

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Kenilworth, United Kingdom

Neil Rawlinson