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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert Charles Hon, Fort Mitchell, KY (US);
Amid Ansari, Mason, OH (US);
Michael Scott McCambridge, Symmes Township, OH (US);
Thomas Earl Gillingham, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/12 (2006.01); F01D 19/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/34 (2006.01); F02C 7/277 (2006.01); F02C 7/18 (2006.01); F02C 7/268 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 19/02 (2013.01); F01D 21/00 (2013.01); F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F01D 25/34 (2013.01); F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F02C 7/18 (2013.01); F02C 7/268 (2013.01); F02C 7/277 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2260/85 (2013.01); F05D 2270/112 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01); F05D 2270/3032 (2013.01); Y02T 50/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a turbine engine that includes shutting down the turbine engine such that a rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases, and actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine at one of as the rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases or at a preset time after the turbine engine receives a full stop command such that residual heat is exhausted from the turbine engine.