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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:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Robert Mallette, Mesa, AZ (US);

Bradley Volkmann, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/14 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 41/00 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 33/08 (2013.01); F02C 7/14 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0213 (2013.01); F05D 2220/50 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01); F05D 2270/303 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01); F05D 2270/3032 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for adaptively controlling a cooldown cycle of an auxiliary power unit (APU) that is operating and rotating at a rotational speed includes reducing the rotational speed of the APU to a predetermined cooldown speed magnitude that ensures combustor inlet temperature has reached a predetermined temperature value, determining, based on one or more of operational parameters of the APU, when a lean blowout of the APU is either imminent or has occurred, and when a lean blowout is imminent or has occurred, varying one or more parameters associated with the shutdown/cooldown cycle.


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