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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Engine health monitoring and power allocation control for a turbine engine using electric generators
Applicant:
Rolls-royce North America Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Steven Daniel Phillips, Avon, IN (US);
Michael Armstrong, Avon, IN (US);
Tom Mark Neuman, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignees:
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/00 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); G05B 23/0294 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); F05D 2260/81 (2013.01); F05D 2260/821 (2013.01); F05D 2270/053 (2013.01); F05D 2270/20 (2013.01); F05D 2270/335 (2013.01); F05D 2270/44 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control for a turbine engine using electrical machines monitors engine health and allocates power extraction between the electrical machines.