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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Alan Smith, Greenwood, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/00 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/00 (2013.01); F01D 21/003 (2013.01); G05B 13/042 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2230/80 (2013.01); F05D 2270/20 (2013.01); F05D 2270/303 (2013.01); F05D 2270/3061 (2013.01); F05D 2270/44 (2013.01); F05D 2270/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system can include a gas turbine and a processing system. The gas turbine can include a compressor coupled to a turbine through a shaft. The processing system can be configured to: automatically transition an operating condition of the system through a plurality of operating states; determine an efficiency of the system at each of a plurality of the operating states; for each of the plurality of operating states: select a future operating state of the system based on the determined efficiency of the current operating state.