System and method for controlling a single-spool turboshaft engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9008943
APP PUB NO 20140039775A1
SERIAL NO

13956439

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One of a controllable load and a fuel flow to a single-spool turboshaft engine is controlled so that a rotational speed of a single-spool turboshaft engine is substantially regulated to a level corresponding to a corrected rotational speed command, and the other of the fuel flow and the controllable load is controlled so that a torque transmitted from the single-spool turboshaft engine to the controllable load is substantially regulated to a level corresponding to a corrected torque command. Under at least one operating condition, the corrected rotational speed command is determined so as to minimize or nearly minimize a measure of fuel consumption by the single-spool turboshaft engine when operated so that the torque transmitted to the controllable load corresponds to the corrected torque command.

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WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO L L C2280 E WEST MAPLE ROAD P O BOX 200 WALLED LAKE MI 48390-0200

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lickfold, Ray D Brighton, US 4 121
Thompson,, Jr Robert S White Lake, US 8 156
Williams, Gregg Walled Lake, US 18 202

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