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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Pradip Radhakrishnan Subramaniam, Bangalore, IN;

Edwin Hidding, Rhede, DE;

Michael Jay Burkett, Lyman, SC (US);

Stephen Bertram Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);

Mayank Tiwari, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Pradip Radhakrishnan Subramaniam, Bangalore, IN;

Edwin Hidding, Rhede, DE;

Michael Jay Burkett, Lyman, SC (US);

Stephen Bertram Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);

Mayank Tiwari, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F16H 61/12 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0008 (2013.01); F05B 2260/98 (2013.01); F16H 57/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0409 (2013.01); F16H 57/0447 (2013.01); F16H 57/0457 (2013.01); F16H 61/12 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lubrication system for a fluid turbine is provided. The system includes a supply subsystem for providing oil via an oil tank or a hydraulic accumulator to a gearbox of the fluid turbine for lubrication during at least one of idling or loss of electric grid. The system also includes a control subsystem for controlling the flow in the lubrication system.


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