Patent ID: 6672145
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: F01D,F02C,F05D

Abstract:
An apparatus for testing fluid flow distribution through a turbine engine fuel manifold and one or more fuel nozzles connected thereto, the apparatus comprising:a test fluid supply tank; one or more test fluid supply lines each including a test fluid inlet in fluid communication with the test fluid supply tank and a test fluid outlet adapted to be coupled to the fuel manifold and its connected fuel nozzles; a plurality of fluid measurement vessels each operable to receive a test fluid discharged from one of the fuel nozzles when the fuel manifold is coupled to the test fluid supply line outlet; a plurality of level sensors individually coupled to each of the fluid measurement vessels and operable to determine a level of the test fluid therein and generate a level signal representative of the test fluid level; and a computer coupled to the one or more level sensors and operable to periodically sample each of the generated level signals and calculate test fluid flow rate through each of the fuel nozzles based on the sampled level signals.