Fault management system for gas turbine engines

Details Fault management system for gas turbine engines Fault management system for gas turbine engines

2005-01-18

2005-01-18

Yu, Justine R. (Department: 3746)

Power plants

Combustion products used as motive fluid

Process

C060S773000, C060S039091, C060S793000, C060S223000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06843060

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a “real time” Time Limited Dispatch (TLD) fault management system and method for evaluating the operational suitability of an engine's electronic control system. The TLD system disclosed herein uses a software algorithm to compute or predict the probability of mission success for a given upcoming mission length (e.g., two hours) and the time remaining to repair control system faults before dispatch is disallowed or the flight suspended, regardless of the probability of success.

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