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Free gas turbine with constant temperature-corrected gas generator speed

US9512784B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 2010
Grant dateDec 6, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2270/304
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling a speed of a gas turbine engine including a gas generator spool and a power turbine spool rotating independently from one another, including controlling a rotational speed of the gas generator spool according to a fixed relationship with respect to an outside air temperature throughout a variation of output power.

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