Patent · US Expired

Engine failure detector

US4454754A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 1982
Grant dateJun 19, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01D21/14
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The failure of a gas turbine engine, particularly flame-out or output drive train breakage, is immediately detected and a warning signal generated. Engine flame-out is defined as an unacceptably fast gas turbine deceleration rate while output shaft failure is determined by sensing a mismatch between the engine output shaft speed and load speed.

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