Multi-engine aircraft power plant with heat recuperation

D Alecu - US Patent 10,760,484, 2020 - Google Patents
Multi-engine aircraft power plants and associated operating methods are disclosed. An
exemplary multi-engine power plant comprises a first turboshaft engine and a second …

Multi-engine coordination during gas turbine engine motoring

S Chowdhury, DM Bostwick, D Gelwan… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A system is provided for multi-engine coordination of gas turbine engine motoring in an
aircraft. The system includes a controller operable to determine a motoring mode as a …

Speed control during motoring of a gas turbine engine

D Gelwan, JW Clauson, JB Solomonides… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system is provided for speed control during motoring of a gas turbine
engine of an aircraft. The system includes an air turbine starter, a starter air valve operable …

Alternating starter use during multi-engine motoring

D Gelwan, JW Clauson, FM Schwarz - US Patent 10,633,106, 2020 - Google Patents
A system is provided for alternating starter use during multi-engine motoring in an aircraft.
The system includes a first engine starting system of a first engine and a controller. The …

Pre-start motoring synchronization for multiple engines

MD Teicholz, JW Dunn, CP Kmetz… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
An aspect includes a system for pre-start motoring synchro nization for multiple engines of
an aircraft. The system includes a first engine starting system of a first engine and a …

Cross engine coordination during gas turbine engine motoring

D Gelwan, JW Clauson, JK Berry - US Patent 10,384,791, 2019 - Google Patents
A system is provided for cross engine coordination during gas turbine engine motoring. The
system includes a first gas turbine engine of a first engine system, a first air turbine starter of …

Gas turbine engine motoring with starter air valve manual override

JW Clauson, D Gelwan - US Patent 10,787,968, 2020 - Google Patents
A system for gas turbine engine motoring includes an air turbine starter coupled to a
gearbox of a gas turbine engine and a starter air valve in fluid communication with the air …

Load estimation for a twin-engine helicopter

C Cai, TJ Crowley, RP Meisner - US Patent 10,036,331, 2018 - Google Patents
A method and control system for an aircraft using a gas turbine engine is provided. The
control system includes a controller that includes a load and engine control modules and …

Adaptive Engine Model Torque Splitting Optimization

J Paul, T Yardibi - US Patent App. 14/959,316, 2017 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for determining torque split among engines in a multi-engine
system using adaptive engine models are provided. In one embodiment, a method of …

Ensuring non-excessive variation of gradients in auto-tuning a gas turbine engine

D Gauthier, H Rizkalla, PJ Stuttaford - US Patent 9,765,702, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods are provided for ensuring non-excessive variation of a gradient of an applied split
bias versus firing temperature of a gas turbine engine. It is determined that an incremental …