Method and apparatus for local loop closure
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMitchell Donald Smith, Charles Francis Hanley, David Allen Gutz
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for local loop closure is provided. The apparatus includes a component for use in a gas turbine engine. The component includes at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve or electric motor, at least one sensor, and an electronic module comprising controller electronics and memory. The electronic module is configured to receive and process commands for the at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve and queue received commands in an input buffer.
Claims21
A component for use in a gas turbine engine, said component comprising:
- at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve or electric motor;
- at least one sensor;
- and
- an electronic module comprising a controller and memory, said electronic module configured to:
- receive and process commands for the at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve or electric motor;
- and
- queue received commands in an input buffer;
- and wherein said electronic module is further configured to queue received commands in an input buffer having failure commands stored within the input buffer.
A method for use in operating a component of a gas turbine engine, the component comprising a controller and memory, said method comprising:
- receiving, by the component, commands for a hardware module of the component;
- processing, by the component, the received commands for the hardware module;
- and
- queuing, by the component, the received commands in an input buffer;
- and wherein the method further comprises storing failure commands within the input buffer.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by a controller, the computer-executable instructions cause the controller to:
- receive, by a component of a gas turbine engine, commands for a hardware module of the component;
- process, by the component, the received commands for the hardware module;
- and
- queue, by the component, the received commands in an input buffer;
- and wherein the method further comprises storing failure commands within the input buffer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.