Patent ID: 8316630

Claim:
A flow equalizing override assembly for use in conjunction with a fuel supply source, a gas turbine engine (GTE), and a fuel divider system fluidly coupled between the fuel supply source and the GTE, the GTE including first and second sets of nozzles, the fuel divider system configured to normally bias-up fuel flow to the first set of nozzles as compared to the fuel flow to the second set of nozzles as a function of the volume of fuel supplied to the fuel divider system by the fuel supply source, the flow equalizing override assembly comprising: a housing assembly; a fuel divider (FD) valve, comprising: a piston slidably disposed within the housing assembly and movable between a default position and a flow equalizing position; and a control chamber defined by the piston and the housing assembly; a remotely-controllable valve fluidly coupled to the control chamber and configured to selectively adjust the fuel pressure therein; and an electronic controller operatively coupled to the remotely-controllable valve, the electronic controller configured to send a command signal to the remotely-controllable valve to adjust the pressure within the control chamber such that the piston moves from the default position to the flow equalizing position after ignition of the GTE to override normal operation of the fuel divider system such that substantially equalized fuel flow is provided to the first and second sets of nozzles substantially independently of the volume of fuel supplied to the fuel divider system by the fuel supply store.