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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Charles Hon, Fort Mitchell, OH (US);
Thomas Charles Swager, Maineville, OH (US);
Andrew Todd Lehmann, Hamilton, OH (US);
Michael Scott McCambridge, Symmes Township, OH (US);
Thomas Earl Gillingham, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Roger Broda, West Chester, OH (US);
Kevin Richard Graziano, Springdale, OH (US);
Amid Ansari, Mason, OH (US);
Kenneth Lee Kirchmayer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tod Robert Steen, West Chester, OH (US);
Daniel Roy Kiracofe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a turbine engine that includes actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine such that a motoring speed of the turbine engine increases, and actuating a plurality of variable stator vanes of the turbine engine such that the plurality of variable stator vanes are at least partially open to control the motoring speed of the turbine engine.