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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
David Lawrence, South Bend, IN (US);
Paul Futa, North Liberty, IN (US);
Larry Portolese, Granger, IN (US);
David Lawrence, South Bend, IN (US);
Paul Futa, North Liberty, IN (US);
Larry Portolese, Granger, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An ecology valve (EV) fuel return system includes a housing assembly, an ecology valve, and a fuel routing assembly. The ecology valve includes an EV piston slidably disposed within the housing assembly for movement between a fuel storage position and a fuel return position, a fuel storage chamber defined by the EV piston and the housing assembly, and an EV control chamber defined by the EV piston and the housing assembly. The fuel routing assembly, which is fluidly coupled to the EV control chamber and to the fuel storage chamber, is configured to route fuel: (i) from the fuel storage chamber to a fuel supply system when a gas turbine engine (GTE) is in a start-up mode, and (ii) from the first fuel manifold and from the EV control chamber to the fuel storage chamber when the GTE is in a shut-down mode.