Compact single variable displacement pump fuel system with high pressure fuel oil cooler bypass and gas generator fault

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12428996-B1
Application number	US-202418620134-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 28, 2024
Priority date	Mar 28, 2024
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A fuel system for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel control with an outlet for connection to a burner. The fuel system includes a first pump unit connected to a gear box. The first pump unit includes a first housing, a first drive shaft connected to the gearbox, and a main pump within the first housing and powered by the first drive shaft. A stability-shutoff valve is in the first housing and includes an inlet connected to an outlet of the main pump. A fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve is in the first housing and includes an inlet connected to an outlet of the stability-shutoff valve and an outlet connected to an inlet of the fuel control. The fuel system also includes a fuel oil cooler with a fuel inlet connected to the outlet of the stability-shutoff valve and a fuel outlet connected to the inlet of the fuel control.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fuel system for a gas turbine engine comprising:
a fuel control comprising a fuel control outlet for fluidical connection to burner nozzles of the gas turbine engine;
a gearbox;
a first pump unit connected to the gearbox and comprising:
a first housing;
a first drive shaft mechanically connected to the gearbox;
a main pump within the first housing and powered by the first drive shaft;
a stability-shutoff valve in the first housing and comprising:
a stability-shutoff inlet fluidically connected to a main pump outlet; and
a modulating window for forming an adjustable flow restriction downstream from the main pump;

a fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve in the first housing and comprising:
a fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve inlet fluidically connected to a stability-shutoff valve outlet of the stability-shutoff valve; and
a fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve outlet fluidically connected to a fuel control inlet;

a fuel oil cooler comprising:
a fuel inlet fluidically connected to the stability-shutoff valve outlet; and
a fuel outlet fluidically connected to the fuel control inlet;

a system inlet for fluidic connection to a fuel tank and/or a tank pump;
an actuation loop;
a second pump unit connected to the gearbox and comprising:
a second housing;
a second drive shaft mechanically connected to the gearbox;
a boost pump within the second housing and powered by the second drive shaft, wherein the boost pump comprises:
a boost pump inlet fluidically connected to the system inlet; and
a boost pump outlet fluidically connected to a main pump inlet in the first housing;

an actuation pump within the second housing and powered by the second drive shaft, wherein the actuation pump is a variable displacement pump that comprises:
an actuation pump inlet fluidically connected to the boost pump outlet; and
an actuation pump outlet fluidically connected to the actuation loop;

a main filter in the second housing and comprising:
a main filter inlet fluidically connected to the boost pump outlet, and
a main filter outlet fluidically connected to the main pump inlet and to the actuation pump inlet;

a high pressure relief valve in the second housing and comprising:
a high pressure relief valve inlet fluidically connected to the actuation pump outlet; and
a high pressure relief valve outlet fluidically connected to the main filter inlet; and

ring plumbing, wherein the fuel control is upstream of the ring plumbing and fluidically connects the ring plumbing to the fuel outlet of the fuel oil cooler, and the fuel control fluidically connects the ring plumbing to the fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve outlet, and wherein the fuel control regulates and controls fuel flow to the ring plumbing.

2. The fuel system of claim 1 , wherein the fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve comprises an electrohydraulic servo valve and a linear variable differential transformer configured to move the fuel-oil-cooler bypass valve to an open position, to a closed position, or to one of a plurality of positions between the open position and the closed position.

3. The fuel system of claim 2 , further comprising:
a first shutoff valve in the second housing comprising:
a first shutoff valve inlet fluidically connected to the actuation pump outlet; and
a first shutoff valve outlet fluidically connected to the fuel control.

4. The fuel system of claim 3 , further comprising:
an augmentor fuel control comprising an augmentor fuel control outlet for fluidic connection to an augmentor of the gas turbine engine; and
the first pump unit further comprises:
a second shutoff valve comprising a second shutoff valve inlet fluidically connected to the boost pump outlet;

an augmentor pump within the first housing and powered by the first drive shaft, wherein the augmentor pump comprises:
an augmentor pump inlet fluidically connected to a second shutoff valve outlet; and
an augmentor pump outlet fluidically connected to an augmentor fuel control inlet.

5. The fuel system of claim 4 , wherein the second pump unit further comprises:
an actuation selector valve comprising:
an actuation selector valve outlet fluidically connected to the actuation loop;
an actuation selector valve first inlet fluidically connected to the actuation pump outlet; and
an actuation selector valve second inlet fluidically connected to the augmentor pump outlet.

6. The fuel system of claim 5 , wherein the actuation selector valve comprises a first solenoid, the first shutoff valve comprises a second solenoid, the stability-shutoff valve comprises a third solenoid, and the second shutoff valve comprises a fourth solenoid.

7. The fuel system of claim 6 , wherein the second pump unit further comprises:
a check valve in the second housing and comprising:
a check valve inlet fluidically connected to the actuation pump outlet; and

an actuation filter in the second housing and comprising:
an actuation filter inlet fluidically connected to a check valve outlet; and
an actuation filter outlet fluidically connected to the actuation selector valve first inlet,

wherein the check valve and the actuation filter fluidically connect the actuation pump outlet to the actuation selector valve first inlet.

8. The fuel system of claim 7 , wherein the first pump unit further comprises:
a wash filter fluidically connecting the main pump outlet to the stabilizer-shutoff valve inlet, wherein the wash filter comprises:
a wash filter inlet fluidically connected to the main pump outlet,
a first outlet, wherein the first outlet is a washing flow outlet of the wash filter fluidically connected to the stabilizer-shutoff valve inlet, and
a second outlet, wherein the second outlet is a washed flow outlet of the wash filter;

a stabilizing check valve fluidically between the augmentor pump and the augmentor fuel control, wherein the stabilizer check valve comprises:
a stabilizer check valve inlet fluidically connected to the augmentor pump outlet;
a stabilizer check valve outlet fluidically connected to the augmentor fuel control inlet; and
a modulating window for forming an adjustable flow restriction downstream from the augmentor pump; and

a pump transfer valve comprising:
a first mode that fluidically connects the stabilizing check valve outlet to a leakage path, wherein the leakage path is fluidically connected between the boost pump outlet and the actuation loop;
a second mode that fluidically connects the washed flow outlet of the wash filter with the augmentor fuel control inlet.

9. The fuel system of claim 8 , wherein the first pump unit further comprises:
an ejector pump comprising:
an ejector pump inlet fluidically connected to the augmentor pump outlet upstream from the stabilizing check valve inlet; and
an ejector pump outlet fluidically connected to the boost pump inlet.

10. The fuel system of claim 9 , wherein the ejector pump comprises a second inlet that is fluidically connected to the washed flow outlet of the wash filter.

11. A fuel system for a gas turbine engine comprising:
ring plumbing;
a fuel control upstream of the ring plumbing and comprising a fuel control outlet fluidically connected to the ring plumbing;
a gearbox;
a first pump unit connected to the gearbox and comprising:
a first housing;
a first drive shaft mechanically connected to the gearbox;
a main pump within the first housing and powered by the first drive shaft;
a stability-shutoff valve in the first housing and comprising:
a stability-shutoff inlet fluidically connected to a main pump outlet; and
a modulating window for forming an adjustable flow restriction downstream from the main pump;

a system

Assignees

• Hamilton Sundstrand Corp

Inventors

• Susca Ryan
• Shook Ryan

Classifications

• F02C7/224

  Heating fuel before feeding to the burner · CPC title

• F02C7/232 Primary

  Fuel valves {(control of fuel supply by means of fuel metering valves F02C9/263)}; Draining valves or systems (valves in general F16K) · CPC title

• F02C7/22

  Fuel supply systems · CPC title

• F02C9/30

  characterised by variable fuel pump output · CPC title

• F02C7/236 Primary

  Fuel delivery systems comprising two or more pumps · CPC title