Turbine Engine Diagnostics (TED)

Turbine Engine Diagnostics (TED) is a diagnostic expert system to aid the Ml Abrams tank mechanic find and fix problems in the AGT-1500 turbine engine.
aircraft gas turbine engine diagnostic system, comprising:a computing device comprising a port configured to receive a removable memory device, the computing device operable to retrieve engine performance data stored on the removable memory device, the engine performance data representative of a plurality of aircraft gas turbine engine parameters, the computing device further operable to run engine diagnostics based on the retrieved engine performance data; andan engine controller comprising:a processor coupled to receive the engine performance data and configured to (i) generate and supply engine control signals based, at least in part, on the engine performance data and (ii) selectively transmit at least a portion of the engine performance data for storage;a fixed memory device in operable communication with the processor to receive and store the engine performance data selectively transmitted by the processor, the fixed memory device fixedly coupled to a fixed-memory mount; andthe removable memory device in operable communication with the processor to receive and store the engine performance data selectively transmitted by the processor, the removable memory device non-fixedly coupled to a removable memory mount in a manner that allows the removable memory device to be hand-removable from the removable memory mount and inserted into the port of the computing device.

Gas turbine engines are widely used in different fields for generate energy. They are commonly used in aircrafts. If you watch a huge passenger aircraft, you can see the gas turbine engines are either hanging on the wing section or tail section. Those power plants gives enough energy to generate thrust which finally result the aircraft fly.

gas turbine engine, comprising the steps of:receiving, in an engine controller, engine performance data representative of a plurality of aircraft gas turbine engine parameters;storing at least a portion of the received engine performance data in a fixed memory device that is fixedly coupled to a fixed-memory mount in the engine controller; andstoring the at least a portion of the received engine performance data in a removable memory device that is non-fixedly coupled to a removable memory mount in the engine controller in a manner that allows the removable memory device to be hand-removable from the removable memory mount;removing the removable memory device from the removable memory mount in the engine controller;inserting the removable memory device in a port of a computing device that is not coupled to the engine controller;retrieving the engine performance data stored on the removable memory device; andanalyzing the performance of the aircraft gas turbine engine based on the retrieved engine performance data.