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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2026
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Arthur William Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Evendale, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a thermal management system associated with a turbine engine includes circulating a pericritical fluid through a cooling circuit; generating a sensor output using a phase detection sensor in fluid communication with the pericritical fluid, the sensor output including an impedance value; determining that the pericritical fluid has reached a bubble point based at least on a first characteristic change in the impedance value; determining that the pericritical fluid has reached a dew point based at least on a second characteristic change in the impedance value, the second characteristic change being different from the first characteristic change; and controlling at least one controllable component of the thermal management system based at least on the bubble point and the dew point.