METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING HOT SOAKBACK

A method for cooling a gas turbine engine includes supplying power to a motor to generate mechanical motion and translating the mechanical motion of the motor to a shaft of the gas turbine engine to rotate a compressor stage and a turbine stage after the engine has been shutdown to circulate air wit...

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1. Verfasser: FRANCISCO JAY M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method for cooling a gas turbine engine includes supplying power to a motor to generate mechanical motion and translating the mechanical motion of the motor to a shaft of the gas turbine engine to rotate a compressor stage and a turbine stage after the engine has been shutdown to circulate air within the engine and cool engine components. A system for preventing hot soakback in an auxiliary power unit includes a starter motor, a compressor, a turbine, a shaft connected to at least one stage of the compressor and at least one stage of the turbine, a gearbox for connecting the starter motor to the shaft, a temperature sensor and a controller. The controller receives information from the temperature sensor and instructs the starter motor to rotate and drive the shaft when the temperature sensor senses a temperature above a low limit temperature threshold.