US 2020/0340411 A1 · FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE

Abstract

A fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed which includes a continuously variable drive assembly having a driving portion operatively associated with a gearbox of the gas turbine and a driven portion operatively associated with a fuel pump of the gas turbine, and a governor for controlling a drive ratio of the drive assembly to vary fuel pump flow performance over a range of engine operating conditions.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine comprising:

a) a fuel pump;
and
b) a continuously variable drive assembly in operable communication with both the fuel pump and the gas turbine engine, and being configured to adjust fuel pump output to align with fuel demand of the gas turbine engine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/396,969Filed 29 Apr 2019

Published

29 Oct 2020

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

F02C 7/32
Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for…:…
F02C 9/30
Control of fuel supply: characterised by variable fuel pump output
F02C 7/22
Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for…:…
F02C 7/236
Fuel supply systems: fuel delivery systems comprising two or more pumps

Fuel delivery system for gas turbine engine

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Fuel delivery system for gas turbine engine

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Abstract

Claims20