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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
Gary Lester Goldberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Tarrence L. Mack, Santee, CA (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Abstract
A starting system and method for a gas turbine engine includes a controlled starter system and a controlled fuel system. The controlled starter motor is accelerated along an acceleration profile to a dwelling point. Concurrently with the starter motor spinning up the gas turbine engine rotor, the fuel system controller commands the pump motor to drive the fuel pump at a speed which fills the fuel line volumes and establishes adequate pressure for fuel atomization at light off. As the fuel pump motor and starter motor are independently controlled and coordinated the starter motor maintains the gas turbine engine at the predetermined dwelling point until ignition occurs. The starter motor also provides a controlled amount of assisting torque during acceleration of the gas turbine to minimize thermal transients which thereby increased the gas turbine engine operational life.