Transient operation control of a hybrid gas turbine engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11473496-B2
Application number	US-202016782116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2020
Priority date	Feb 5, 2019
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A hybrid engine includes a gas turbine engine having at least one compressor section and at least one turbine section operably coupled to a shaft. The hybrid engine includes an electric motor configured to augment rotational power of the shaft of the gas turbine engine. A controller is operable to monitor for a transient operation request of the hybrid engine, provide the transient operation request to one or more management systems of the hybrid engine to determine whether one or more faults are detected by the one or more management systems, modify one or more stall margin adjustment parameters of the gas turbine engine based on detecting the one or more faults by the one or more management system, and adjust operation of the hybrid engine based on the one or more stall margin adjustment parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hybrid engine comprising:
a gas turbine engine comprising at least two spools, each spool comprising at least one compressor section and at least one turbine section operably coupled to a shaft;
an first electric motor configured to augment rotational power of a first spool of the at least two spools of the gas turbine engine;
a second electric motor configured to augment rotational power of a second spool of the at least two spools of the gas turbine engine; and
a controller operable to:
monitor for a transient operation request of the hybrid engine;
provide the transient operation request to one or more management systems of the hybrid engine to determine whether one or more faults are detected by the one or more management systems;
modify two or more stall margin adjustment parameters of the gas turbine engine based on detecting the one or more faults by the one or more management systems, wherein the two or more stall margin adjustment parameters comprise an adjustment to an acceleration schedule or a use of another reference acceleration schedule of the gas turbine engine and an adjustment to an engine bleed schedule or a use of another reference bleed schedule of the gas turbine engine; and
adjust operation of the hybrid engine based on the two or more stall margin adjustment parameters, wherein the adjustment to the acceleration schedule or the use of the another reference acceleration schedule and the adjustment to the engine bleed schedule or the use of the another reference bleed schedule are adjusted with respect to a reduced power augmentation level provided by the second electric motor.

2. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more management systems comprise a thermal management system configured to monitor an operating temperature of a battery system, power electronics, and/or other power sources for the second electric motor, and the one or more faults comprise a thermal fault based on a temperature associated with the battery system, power electronics, and/or other power sources exceeding or approaching a temperature threshold.

3. The hybrid engine of claim 2 , wherein the one or more management systems comprise a battery management system configured to monitor a voltage or current sourcing capability of the battery system or other power sources for the second electric motor, and the one or more faults comprise a battery fault based on the voltage or current sourcing capability of the battery system being below or approaching a power threshold.

4. The hybrid engine of claim 3 , wherein the one or more management systems comprise an electrical augmentation management system configured to monitor one or more capabilities of the second electric motor, and the one or more faults comprise an electrical augmentation fault based on at least one of the capabilities of the second electric motor not meeting a performance threshold.

5. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment to the acceleration schedule or the use of the another reference acceleration schedule is modulated based on an indication of a reduced performance capability from the one or more management systems.

6. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment to the engine bleed schedule or the use of the another reference bleed schedule is established based on an indication of a reduced performance capability from the one or more management systems.

7. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more stall margin adjustment parameters include the adjustment to the acceleration schedule, and the acceleration schedule is adjusted with respect to the reduced power augmentation level provided by the second electric motor.

8. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more stall margin adjustment parameters include the use of the another reference acceleration schedule of the gas turbine engine, and the use of the another reference acceleration schedule is adjusted with respect to the reduced power augmentation level provided by the second electric motor.

9. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more stall margin adjustment parameters include the adjustment to the engine bleed schedule, and the engine bleed schedule is adjusted with respect to the reduced power augmentation level provided by the second electric motor.

10. The hybrid engine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more stall margin adjustment parameters include the use of the another reference bleed schedule of the gas turbine engine, and the use of the another reference bleed schedule is adjusted with respect to the reduced power augmentation level provided by the second electric motor.

11. A method comprising:
monitoring, by a controller, for a transient operation request of a hybrid engine comprising an first electric motor configured to augment rotational power of a first spool of a gas turbine engine of the hybrid engine and a second electric motor configured to augment rotational power of a second spool of the gas turbine engine, wherein the gas turbine engine comprises at least two spools, each spool comprising at least one compressor section and at least one turbine section operably coupled to a shaft;
providing the transient operation request to one or more management systems of the hybrid engine to determine whether one or more faults are detected by the one or more management systems;
modifying two or more stall margin adjustment parameters of the gas turbine engine based on detecting the one or more faults by the one or more management systems, wherein the two or more stall margin adjustment parameters comprise an adjustment to an acceleration schedule or a use of another reference acceleration schedule of the gas turbine engine and an adjustment to an engine bleed schedule or a use of another reference bleed schedule of the gas turbine engine; and
adjusting operation of the hybrid engine based on the two or more stall margin adjustment parameters, wherein the adjustment to the acceleration schedule or the use of the another reference acceleration schedule and the adjustment to the engine bleed schedule or the use of the another reference bleed schedule are adjusted with respect to a reduced power augmentation level provided by the second electric motor.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more management systems comprise a thermal management system configured to monitor an operating temperature of a battery system, alternative power source system, and/or power electronics for the second electric motor, and the one or more faults comprise a thermal fault based on a temperature associated with the battery system, alternative power source system, and/or power electronics exceeding or approaching a temperature threshold, wherein the one or more management systems comprise a battery or alternative power source management system configured to monitor a voltage or current sourcing capability of the battery system or alternative power source system for the second electric motor, and the one or more faults comprise a battery fault based on the voltage or current sourcing capability of the battery or alternative power source system being below or approaching a power threshold, and wherein the one or more management systems comprise an electrical augmentation management system configured to monitor one or more capabilities of the second electric motor, and the one or more faults comprise an electrical augmentation fault based on at least one of the capabilities of the second electric motor not meeting a performance threshold.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the adjustment to the acceleration schedule or the use of the another reference accele

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp
• Raytheon Tech Corp

Inventors

• Romero Michael M
• Hrach Michael

Classifications

• F02C7/36

  Power transmission arrangements between the different shafts of the gas turbine plant, or between the gas-turbine plant and the power user ({F02C3/107 - F02C3/13 and} F02C7/32 take precedence; couplings for transmitting rotation F16D; gearing in general F16H) · CPC title

• F05D2220/76

  an electrical generator · CPC title

• F01D15/10

  Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators · CPC title

• F02C9/18

  by bleeding, bypassing or acting on variable working fluid interconnections between turbines or compressors or their stages {(F02C3/113 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F05D2270/102

  caused by working fluid flow velocity profile distortion · CPC title