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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Steven James Jastrzembowski, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Thomas Edward Zieg, Blue Ash, OH (US);

Jared Utah, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Jeremy Seager, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Michael Houpt, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01); F02C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/003 (2013.01); F02C 9/00 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); F05D 2260/821 (2013.01); F05D 2260/83 (2013.01); F05D 2270/092 (2013.01); F05D 2270/306 (2013.01); F05D 2270/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for conditionally performing engine operational tests for a turbine engine are provided. A system comprising at least one processor can be configured to obtain sensor data associated with at least one sensor for a turbine engine. The sensor data identifies a current fuel flow associated with the turbine engine. The system can determine a predicted fuel flow of the turbine engine based at least in part on the current fuel flow and a fuel flow reduction associated with an engine operational test. The system can compare the predicted fuel flow to at least one threshold. The system can selectively initiate the engine operational test based on comparing the predicted fuel flow to the at least one threshold.


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