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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Paul W. Futa, Jr., North Liberty, IN (US);
Brent J. Gassman, South Bend, IN (US);
Harold I. Miller, Elkhart, IN (US);
Timothy F. Wiegand, South Bend, IN (US);
Paul W. Futa, Jr., North Liberty, IN (US);
Brent J. Gassman, South Bend, IN (US);
Harold I. Miller, Elkhart, IN (US);
Timothy F. Wiegand, South Bend, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A fuel control system () for supplying metered fuel flow to a gas turbine engine is disclosed that includes a variable delivery fuel pump () for outputting a fuel flow that includes a burn fuel flow for the gas turbine engine and a surplus fuel flow recirculated back to an inlet () of the variable delivery fuel pump () and a pump control () for controlling the output of the variable delivery fuel pump to maintain the surplus fuel flow at a substantially constant rate. A method of controlling a fuel system () is also disclosed.