IP Library Granted Patent US 8,418,964
Granted Patent B2
US 8,418,964 · App. 12/961,955 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Fuel supply installation of an aircraft turbojet

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Patent No.
US 8,418,964
App. No.
12/961,955
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel supply installation for a turbojet including two volumetric pumps for combining their flow rates is disclosed. The pumps include a main pump dimensioned for the full gas rate and an auxiliary pump controlled and dimensioned to provide the supplementary flow rate necessary on ignition.

Claims (11)

1. A fuel supply installation of an aircraft turbojet comprising:

two volumetric pumps connected to combine their flow rates, the pumps including:

a main pump driven mechanically by the turbojet and configured to supply substantially the required amount of fuel at a full gas rate of said turbojet; and

a controlled auxiliary pump, configured to add additional fuel to said turbojet on ignition, so that the total fuel flow from both pumps is sufficient to provide the required amount of fuel for ignition; and

a controller configured to selectively drive said auxiliary pump from startup to an ignition point of said turbojet,

wherein said controller is configured to stop said auxiliary pump at an auxiliary pump stop drive speed which is faster than a drive speed of the ignition point of said turbojet, the auxiliary pump stop drive speed being a drive speed at which said auxiliary pump does not contribute to a flow rate of fuel at an intake of a regulator.

2. The installation as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a specific electric motor which is controlled to power said auxiliary pump.

3. The installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said main and auxiliary pumps are connected in parallel.

4. The installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein inlets of the two volumetric pumps are connected to an outlet of a booster pump.

5. The installation as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said booster pump is of the centrifuge type.

6. The installation as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein outputs of said volumetric pumps are connected to said regulator controlled to redirect an excess part of the overall flow rate of fuel to a fuel tank based on an operating rate of the turbojet.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2011
From: LEBLANC, PASCAL; RODRIGUES, JOSE ROLAND
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 026458/0500 →