Method of operating a lubrication system for a turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrandon W. Miller, Arthur W. Sibbach, Andrew Hudecki
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrandon W. Miller, Arthur W. Sibbach, Andrew Hudecki
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A method of operating a lubrication system for a turbine engine having a fan and one or more rotating components. The lubrication system includes a primary lubrication system and an auxiliary lubrication system. The method includes supplying lubricant to the one or more rotating components from the primary lubrication system during a normal operation of the turbine engine, determining whether at least one of a fuel pressure is less than a fuel pressure threshold or a hydraulic pressure is less than a hydraulic pressure threshold, and activating the auxiliary lubrication system to supply the lubricant to the one or more rotating components from the auxiliary lubrication system when the fuel pressure is less than the fuel pressure threshold or the hydraulic pressure is less than the hydraulic pressure threshold.
A method of operating a lubrication system for a turbine engine that includes a fan, a hydraulic system containing a hydraulic fluid, a fuel system containing a fuel, and one or more rotating components that receive a lubricant from the lubrication system, the lubrication system including one or more tanks that store the lubricant, a primary lubrication system, and an auxiliary lubrication system, and the hydraulic system including one or more hydraulic fluid reservoirs containing the hydraulic fluid and one or more hydraulic lines to supply the hydraulic fluid to one or more hydraulic control systems, the method comprising:
A turbine engine for an aircraft, the turbine engine comprising:
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