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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
David R. Van Vactor, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Bertram S. Noyes, Jr., Newbury, MA (US);
David R. Van Vactor, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Bertram S. Noyes, Jr., Newbury, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for assembling a gas turbine engine to prevent rotor over-speeding is described. The method includes serially coupling a first fuel system interface to a second fuel system interface, such that at least one of the first fuel system interface and the second fuel system interface is coupled to the gas turbine engine. The method also includes coupling a control system to the first fuel system interface and to the second fuel system interface. The control system is configured to identify an occurrence of an over-speed condition. The method also includes programming the control system to discontinue fuel flow to the engine when both the first fuel system interface and the second fuel system interface indicate an over-speed condition has occurred.