Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for rotor overspeed mitigation
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Application No.: US17471621Application Date: 2021-09-10
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Publication No.: US11692457B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Roberto Maddaleno , Antonio Giuseppe D'Ettole , Matteo Renato Usseglio , Alessandra Torri , Darek Tomasz Zatorski
- Applicant: General Electric Company , GE Avio S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company,GE Avio S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company,GE Avio S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady; IT Turin
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: IT 2020000028520 2020.11.26
- Main IPC: F01D21/02
- IPC: F01D21/02 ; F01D21/00

Abstract:
A turbomachine, a computing system for a turbomachine, and a method for overspeed protection are provided. The turbomachine includes a first rotor assembly interdigitated with a second rotor assembly together operably coupled to a gear assembly. A plurality of sensors is configured to receive rotor state data indicative of one or more of a speed, geometric dimension, or capacitance, or change thereof, or rate of change thereof, relative to the first rotor assembly or the second rotor assembly. A controller executes operations including receiving rotor state data from the plurality of sensors; comparing rotor state data to one or more rotor state limits; and contacting one or more of the first rotor assembly or the second rotor assembly to a contact surface adjacent to the respective first rotor assembly or the second rotor assembly if the rotor state data exceeds the rotor state limit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220162961A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROTOR OVERSPEED MITIGATION Public/Granted day:2022-05-26
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