Fuel supply system of a turbomachine, with regulation of the fuel flow
AssigneeSafran Aircraft Engines
InventorsLoic PORA, Huguette DE WERGIFOSSE
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AssigneeSafran Aircraft Engines
InventorsLoic PORA, Huguette DE WERGIFOSSE
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The invention relates to a fuel supply system of a turbomachine, including a fuel circuit having a pressurizing means at the outlet of the circuit, a pump arranged to send a flow of fuel into the circuit, and a flow sensor placed in a fuel supply duct between an outlet of the pump and the pressurizing means. The fuel circuit includes a device for regulating a flow cross section between the pump and the flow sensor, the device being activated by control means, the shaft of the pump being associated with detection means recording a speed of rotation of the shaft, and, if these detection means record a speed of rotation above a variable predetermined threshold, the regulating device is activated in order to reduce the flow sent to the flow sensor.
A fuel supply system of a turbomachine, comprising a fuel circuit comprising pressurizing means at the outlet of said circuit, a pump arranged to send a flow of fuel into said circuit which is an increasing function of the speed of rotation of a shaft of the pump, the circuit comprising a flow sensor placed in a fuel supply duct between an outlet of the pump and the pressurizing means, the flow sensor comprising a sliding drawer, a return means and a sensor for the position of said drawer, the position of said drawer being controlled by a pressure difference across the terminals of the flow sensor shaped to compensate for the force applied by the return means on said drawer, the circuit being arranged so that the position of said drawer indicates an injected fuel flow passing through the flow sensor, wherein the fuel circuit comprises a device for regulating a passage cross section between the pump and the flow sensor, and activated by control means, the shaft of the pump being associated with detection means recording a speed of rotation of the shaft and, if these detection means record a speed of rotation above a variable predetermined threshold, the regulating device is configured to be activated to reduce and meter the injected fuel flow sent to the flow sensor.
A method of regulating an injected flow of fuel from a fuel pump to a flow sensor placed in a fuel supply duct of a fuel supply system of a turbomachine according to the preceding claim in an aircraft, the method implementing laws for controlling the speed of rotation of the shaft of the pump, which increase or, respectively, decrease this speed when the flow indicated by the flow sensor decreases or increases, so that the flow and the pressure at the outlet of the circuit follow setpoint values adapted to the flight conditions of the aircraft, characterised in that, when a speed of rotation of the shaft of the pump is detected as being significant of a malfunction of a drive of the shaft and being too high with respect to the predetermined variable setpoint threshold values, a reduction in the injected fuel flow sent from the pump to the flow sensor is performed.
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