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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Stephen A. Witalis, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Ramesh Rajagopalan, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Subhradeep Chowdhury, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/08 (2006.01); F02C 9/42 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/08 (2013.01); F02C 9/42 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01); F05D 2270/071 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine system for an aircraft includes a first gas turbine engine, a second gas turbine engine, and a control system. The control system is configured to operate the first gas turbine engine with a sub-idle fuel burn schedule based on detecting landing of the aircraft, where the sub-idle fuel burn schedule includes a reduction of an idle fuel burn schedule. The control system is configured to operate the second gas turbine engine with the idle fuel burn schedule based on detecting landing of the aircraft.