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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1976
Morton H Binstock, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bertram H Stern, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed system detects the pressure rise across the fan and the flow rate in the system and integrates signals corresponding thereto, and outputs a signal to indicate to the user when the pressure rise exceeds a given level for a corresponding flow rate to warn of a condition within a given degree of a stall condition. The system outputs another signal to block any increase in fan blade pitch and substitutes a decrease pitch signal in response to a predetermined closer approach to a stall condition so that the pitch of the blades is reduced to a position in which the pressure rate rise and flow rate are reduced to a safe level with respect to a stall condition. The system also includes means responsive to the predetermined closer approach to stall to prevent the user from feeding a blade pitch increase signal following a reduction in the pressure rise across the fan until the user resets a bistable device.