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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:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael W. Scott, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 9/00 ;
Abstract
A system and method is provided that employs schedules and gains in an electronic control unit for a gas turbine engine which are independent of fuel type used to run the engine. According to one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of determining engine requirements and calculating a desired energy flow for at least one engine, maintaining desired engine conditions according to the desired energy flow; converting the desired energy flow into expected fuel flow according to the specific fuel being utilized, calculating a fuel flow command, and communicating the fuel flow command to at least one fuel valve.