Gearbox thermal control system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrandon Wayne Miller, Arthur William Sibbach, Andrew Hudecki, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrandon Wayne Miller, Arthur William Sibbach, Andrew Hudecki, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
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A system for a gas turbine engine includes a gearbox including a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, and a metal portion, a first coolant supply line in fluid communication with the coolant inlet of the gearbox, a first temperature sensor in thermal communication with the first coolant supply line, a second coolant supply line in fluid communication with the coolant outlet of the gearbox, a second temperature sensor in thermal communication with the second coolant supply line, a third temperature sensor in thermal communication with the metal portion of the gearbox, a bypass line coupling the first coolant supply line to the second coolant supply line, a bypass valve disposed at a junction of the second coolant supply line and the bypass line, and a controller configured to actuate the bypass valve.
A system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising:
A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.