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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Airbus Operations (Sas), Toulouse, FR;
Airbus Operations S.l., Getafe, ES;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Patrick Zaccaria, Toulouse, FR;
Philippe Chareyre, Madrid, ES;
Pio Fernandez-Lopez, Madrid, ES;
Carlos Casado-Montero, Madrid, ES;
Amid Ansari, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Earl Gillingham, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Charles Hon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Roy Kiracofe, Cincinnnati, OH (US);
Kenneth Kirchmayer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Scott McCambridge, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tod Robert Steen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse, FR;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L., Getafe, ES;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A start-up system including a control system controlling a partial opening of an air intake valve of a start-up turbine during a first phase of the start-up. The start-up turbine is capable of turning a rotor of the turbomachine for the purpose of the start-up, so as to prevent the rotor from encountering critical frequencies of the turbomachine.