GAS TURBINE ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM PROGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
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1. A method of calculating a fuel pump life expectancy in a fuel burning engine, the method comprising:
- tracking a fuel pump speed of the fuel burning engine;
tracking a position value of at least one fuel actuated actuator in the fuel burning engine; and
calculating a fuel pump life expectancy value based on the fuel pump speed and the position value of the at least one fuel actuated actuator.
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Abstract
A system and method of calculating a fuel pump life expectancy in a fuel burning engine is provided. The method includes tracking a fuel pump speed of the fuel burning engine, tracking a position value of at least one fuel actuated actuator in the fuel burning engine, and calculating a fuel pump life expectancy value based on the fuel pump speed and the position value of the at least one fuel actuated actuator.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of calculating a fuel pump life expectancy in a fuel burning engine, the method comprising:
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tracking a fuel pump speed of the fuel burning engine; tracking a position value of at least one fuel actuated actuator in the fuel burning engine; and calculating a fuel pump life expectancy value based on the fuel pump speed and the position value of the at least one fuel actuated actuator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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5. determining a stator position point when the position value of the stator vane reaches a stator vane threshold position value during a fuel burning engine starting cycle.
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12. A computer program product for calculating a fuel pump life expectancy in a fuel burning engine, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
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track a fuel pump speed of the fuel burning engine; track a position value of at least one fuel actuated actuator in the fuel burning engine; and calculate a fuel pump life expectancy value based on the fuel pump speed and the position value of the at least one fuel actuated actuator.
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19. A system for determining a fuel pump life expectancy, the system comprising:
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a fuel actuated actuator, wherein a fuel pump speed of the fuel burning engine is tracked and a position value of the fuel actuated actuator is tracked; a fuel pump configured to provide fuel to the fuel burning engine; and a controller configured to receive the fuel pump speed and the position value of the fuel actuated actuator and configured to calculate a fuel pump life expectancy value based on the fuel pump speed and the position value of the at least one fuel actuated actuator.
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