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Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventor:

Brandon Evans, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:

RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/42 (2006.01); F02C 7/262 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/42 (2013.01); F02C 7/262 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2260/85 (2013.01); F05D 2270/051 (2013.01); F05D 2270/12 (2013.01); F05D 2270/13 (2013.01); F05D 2270/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes determining a thrust requirement to satisfy a desired glide slope. The method further includes determining, based on the thrust requirement, whether thrust matching can be maintained while operating a first gas turbine engine in a fuel-burning mode and operating a second gas turbine engine in an electrically powered mode. The method further includes, responsive to determining that thrust matching cannot be maintained, commanding fuel flow to a combustor of the second engine to cause the second gas turbine engine to operate in the fuel-burning mode.


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