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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Curtis Harvey Cline, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Michael P. Dougherty, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Richard Joseph Skertic, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert J. Zeller, Noblesville, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A multi-engine power system is described that includes a load requiring a total amount of electrical power, a first engine configured to provide a first portion of the total amount of electrical power to be provided to the load, and a second engine configured to provide a second portion of the total amount of electrical power to be provided to the load. The system further includes a controller configured to determine the total amount of electrical power to be provided to the load, estimate a respective service time associated with each of the first and second engines, and control each of the first and second engines to provide the total amount of electrical power to the load and to coordinate the respective service times associated with the first and second engines.