Fuel management system
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsCraig W Bemment, Benjamin J Keeler, Christopher P Madden, Andrea Minelli, Peter Swann, Martin K Yates
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AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsCraig W Bemment, Benjamin J Keeler, Christopher P Madden, Andrea Minelli, Peter Swann, Martin K Yates
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A method of operating a gas turbine engine is disclosed, the gas turbine engine comprising an engine core comprising a combustor arranged to burn a fuel; a turbine, the turbine comprising a plurality of turbine blades; a compressor arranged to be used as a source of cooling air for the turbine blades; and an inducer arranged to accelerate and direct the cooling air onto the turbine blades and comprising a plurality of airflow passageways and a modulating valve arranged to control cooling air flow into a subset of the passageways; and a fuel management system arranged to provide the fuel to the combustor, the fuel having a sulphur content of less than 30 ppm. The fuel management system comprises two fuel-oil heat exchangers through which oil and the fuel flow. The method comprises using the modulating valve to adjust the cooling air flow based on turbine inlet temperature.
A method of operating a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine comprising:
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft, the gas turbine engine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.