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Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;

Inventors:

Martin Drolet, Saint-Amable, CA;

Frederic Fortin, Sainte-Catherine, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); B64D 35/08 (2006.01); F02C 6/02 (2006.01); F02C 6/18 (2006.01); F02C 9/16 (2006.01); F02C 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/00 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 35/08 (2013.01); F02C 6/02 (2013.01); F02C 6/18 (2013.01); F02C 9/16 (2013.01); F02C 9/20 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/329 (2013.01); F05D 2270/13 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01);
Abstract

There are described methods and systems for operating an aircraft having two or more engines. One method comprises operating the two or more engines of the aircraft in an asymmetric operating regime, wherein a first of the engines is in an active mode to provide motive power to the aircraft and a second of the engines is in a standby mode to provide substantially no motive power to the aircraft; governing the first engine in the active mode using a first governing logic; and governing the second engine in the standby mode using a second governing logic, the second governing logic based on a target compressor speed and variable geometry mechanism (VGM) settings that are adjusted using trim values dependent on at least one parameter of the second engine in the standby mode.


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