System and method for controlling a single-spool turboshaft engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9157377
APP PUB NO 20150211422A1
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14678243

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A control schedule incorporating a relationship between corrected torque and inlet pressure is selected or determined responsive to a power-level command representative of a level of power to be transmitted to a controllable load by a single-spool turboshaft engine. At least a substantial portion of the control schedule provides for a flat-rated power level by the single-spool turboshaft engine substantially independent of associated inlet air pressure and inlet air temperature, and for at least one selectable mode of operation, the control schedule provides for minimizing or nearly minimizing a measure of fuel consumption, and for at least one other selectable mode of operation, the control schedule provides for operation at a substantially fixed level of rotational speed.

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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 G Walled Lake, US 11 128

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