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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2010
Noemie Dion Ouellet, Greenville, SC (US);
Abdul Rafey Khan, Greenville, SC (US);
Noemie Dion Ouellet, Greenville, SC (US);
Abdul Rafey Khan, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling fuel flow within a machine are provided. A plurality of fuel types provided to the machine and a plurality of fuel circuits associated with the machine may be identified, each of the plurality of fuel circuits adapted to be provided with one or more of the plurality of fuel types. A fuel flow parameter for calculating fuel flow may be identified, and a respective fuel flow for each of the one or more fuel types provided to each of the plurality of fuel circuits may be calculated based at least in part on the identified fuel flow parameter. Based at least in part on the calculation of the respective fuel flows, operation of one or more fuel flow control devices providing fuel to the plurality of fuel circuits may be controlled.