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Turbine engine fuel schedule valve and method

US4274254A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1977
Grant dateJun 23, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 22, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B1/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A recuperated gas turbine engine fuel control valve and method which controls fuel flow during engine acceleration as a preselected empirical function of combustor gauge pressure and combustor inlet temperature, and which can also control fuel flow during deceleration without interruption of the combustion process.

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