Shaft shear detection in gas turbine engines
US-2018045071-A1 · Feb 15, 2018 · US
System and method for operating a gas turbine engine coupled to an aircraft propeller
US11136134B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-11136134-B2 |
| Application number | US-201816229089-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Priority date | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Publication date | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2021 |
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A method and system for operating a gas turbine engine coupled to an aircraft propeller are described herein. The method comprises detecting a command for unfeathering the propeller, inhibiting shaft shear detection logic in response to detecting the command for unfeathering the propeller, detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller, and enabling the shaft shear detection logic in response to detecting the completion of the propeller unfeathering.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for operating a gas turbine engine coupled to an aircraft propeller, the method comprising: detecting a command for unfeathering the propeller; inhibiting shaft shear detection logic in response to detecting the command for unfeathering the propeller; applying a limit to a gas generator speed of the gas turbine engine while the shaft shear detection logic is inhibited; detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller; and enabling the shaft shear detection logic and removing the limit from the gas generator speed of the gas turbine engine in response to detecting the completion of the propeller unfeathering. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a rotational speed of the propeller has reached a speed threshold, and one of: (a) determining that a torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the speed threshold is a requested speed minus a delta value. 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a blade angle of the propeller has reached an angle threshold, and one of: (a) determining that a torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a rate of change of a speed of the propeller falls below a rate of change threshold, and one of: (a) determining that a torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 7. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a rate of change of a torque of the propeller has transitioned from negative to positive, and one of: (a) determining that the torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 8. A system for operating a gas turbine engine coupled to an aircraft propeller, the system comprising: a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by the processing unit for: detecting a command for unfeathering the propeller; inhibiting shaft shear detection logic in response to detecting the command for unfeathering the propeller; applying a limit to a gas generator speed of the gas turbine engine while the shaft shear detection logic is inhibited; detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller; and enabling the shaft shear detection logic and removing the limit from the gas generator speed of the gas turbine engine in response to detecting the completion of the propeller unfeathering. 9. The system of claim 8 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 10. The system of claim 8 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a rotational speed of the propeller has reached a speed threshold, and one of: (a) determining that a torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the speed threshold is a requested speed minus a delta value. 12. The system of claim 8 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a beta angle of a blade of the propeller has reached an angle threshold, and one of: (a) determining that a torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 13. The system of claim 8 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a rate of change of a speed of the propeller falls below a rate of change threshold, and one of: (a) determining that a torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded. 14. The system of claim 8 , wherein detecting completion of the unfeathering of the propeller comprises determining that a rate of change of a torque of the propeller has transitioned from negative to positive, and one of: (a) determining that the torque of the propeller is above a shaft shear detection threshold; and (b) determining that a time threshold has been exceeded.
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