Abstract: A circuit arrangement of a sensor-triggered control system in a safety critical application with a digital signal processor (DSP) is provided. The DSP calculates a first position or attitude from position or attitude signals generated by a sensor. The first position or attitude meets a predetermined requirement to be accurate and unambiguous. A signal conditioning circuit reduces information content of the position or attitude signals to generate reduced position or attitude signals. A position and attitude calculation circuit determiners a second position or attitude based on the reduced position or attitude signals, which does not meet the predetermined requirement. A control unit compares the first position or attitude with the respective second position or attitude to generate a difference and determines whether the difference is within a predetermined scope of accuracy. If the determination of the control unit is negative, a sensor fault signal is outputted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement of a sensor-triggered control and/or display system in the context of a safety-critical application with a DSP and a method for monitoring the DSP, characterized-in-that the position and/or attitude signals transferred to the DSP are reduced in terms of their information content, the reduced information content is delivered to a position and attitude computation instance and checked as to whether the unambiguous position and/or attitude determined by the DSP agrees with the inaccurate and/or ambiguous position and/or attitude determined by the position and attitude computation circuit within the scope of the accuracy and/or ambiguity, and a sensor fault signal is output if the check is negative.

Abstract: In a method for operating a gas turbine centre in the vicinity of the group nominal full-load conditions, the cooling of the working fluid before and/or during the compression is set in such a way that the respectively attainable full-load power is above the current power. Rapid power demands can therefore be rapidly satisfied by an increase in the turbine inlet temperature or by opening an adjustable inlet guide vane row, whereas the control of the cooling effect, which has a tendency to be more sluggish, is employed to adjust the full-load operating point.

Abstract: If the fan of a ducted fan gas turbine engine is damaged, the power output of the engine may not be sufficient for a given throttle setting. The present invention provides a control system which detects fan damage and ensures that there is sufficient fuel flow to the engine to ensure that the overall engine power output is consistent with that commanded by the throttle setting.