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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Baxter, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3903 ; 60 39281 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a controller configured for controlling combustor lean flameout. The engine includes a compressor joined to a turbine by a core rotor, with a combustor disposed therebetween for receiving compressed air and fuel for generating combustion gas discharged to the turbine. The controller is configured for reducing fuel flow to the combustor in response to speed of the core rotor and pressure of compressed air entering the combustor to decelerate the core rotor while preventing lean flameout in the combustor.