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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Floyd Richard Emmons, West Hartford, CT (US);
David A. Salminen, Tolland, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/22 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/22 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G05B 23/0283 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); F05D 2260/82 (2013.01); F05D 2260/821 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of calculating a fuel pump life expectancy in a fuel burning engine is provided. The method includes tracking a fuel pump speed of the fuel burning engine, tracking a position value of at least one fuel actuated actuator in the fuel burning engine, and calculating a fuel pump life expectancy value based on the fuel pump speed and the position value of the at least one fuel actuated actuator.