US 11,927,142 B2
Systems and methods for controlling fuel coke formation
Eric R. Westervelt, Niskayuna, NY (US); Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Chapel Hill, NC (US); James R. Reepmeyer, Montgomery, OH (US); Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US); and Constantinos Minas, Slingerlands, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,241.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026831 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. F02C 9/52 (2006.01); F02C 7/30 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 9/52 (2013.01) [F02C 7/30 (2013.01); F05D 2260/606 (2013.01); F05D 2270/3015 (2013.01); F05D 2270/303 (2013.01); F05D 2270/306 (2013.01); F05D 2270/804 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A system for controlling a rate of fuel coke formation in a fuel system of a turbine engine, comprising:
a controller configured to determine whether one or more parameters of the fuel system are indicative of a rate of fuel coke formation that projects an amount of fuel coke formation in the fuel system to be above a target level at a time before a next scheduled maintenance event, the controller configured to adjust an operation of a thermal management system of the turbine engine and the fuel system to adjust the rate of fuel coke formation in the fuel system to a new value that projects the amount of fuel coke formation to not exceed the target level before the next scheduled maintenance event.