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Acceleration override means for a fuel control

US5072578A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1989
Grant dateDec 17, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2270/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a fuel control (34) for a gas turbine engine (20), override means (200, 402) which allows additional fuel to be supplied to a combustion chamber (26) outside a fuel supply schedule in response to a desired acceleration input. The amount of additional fuel supplied to the combustion chamber (26) is a function of the actual speed of the turbine corrected for air inlet temperature of the gas turbine (20).

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