A microprocessor-based engine controller was developed for the M1A1 battle tank’s Textron Lycoming AGT1500 Gas Turbine Engine. A discussion of production (Block I) and future generation (Block II) Digital Electronic Control is first given to show their evolution. The design includes many unique adaptive features: fault storage, software downloading by serial communication (RS232 or MIL-STD-1553), back-up battery, Real Time Clock, protective modes, diagnostic and health monitoring, etc. Additional features address reliability, maintainability, interchangeability, and a hostile nuclear environment; including radiated susceptibility, nuclear radiation, etc. Detailed discussion is included of functional architecture, hardware implementation and design considerations such as: CPU (Central Processing Unit) and associated circuitry design, signal processing, Analog/Digital and Digital/Analog conversion, and software Standards, Procedure, and Methodology. A brief discussion of a future enhancement feature, a Diagnostic Memory Unit for history recording and storage via RS232 data bus, is included in this paper.
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ASME 1992 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition
June 1–4, 1992
Cologne, Germany
Conference Sponsors:
- International Gas Turbine Institute
ISBN:
978-0-7918-7897-2
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Embedded Microprocessor Digital Control for Vehicular Turbine Management System
Manju Kundra,
Manju Kundra
Textron Lycoming, Stratford, CT
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Joe Bluish
Joe Bluish
Allied Signal Aerospace Company, Division South Bend, IN
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Manju Kundra
Textron Lycoming, Stratford, CT
Joe Bluish
Allied Signal Aerospace Company, Division South Bend, IN
Paper No:
92-GT-232, V005T15A012; 8 pages
Published Online:
March 3, 2015
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Kundra, M, & Bluish, J. "Embedded Microprocessor Digital Control for Vehicular Turbine Management System." Proceedings of the ASME 1992 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition. Volume 5: Manufacturing Materials and Metallurgy; Ceramics; Structures and Dynamics; Controls, Diagnostics and Instrumentation; Education. Cologne, Germany. June 1–4, 1992. V005T15A012. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/92-GT-232
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