SCHEDULING THE POWER OF A GAS TURBINE POWER SYSTEM

A power event manager controller for a gas turbine engine power system, the gas turbine engine power system comprising at least one gas turbine engine, a thermal management system and at least one of a generator, an energy storage system, the power event manager controller receiving an input power demand, and receiving input relating to the mission plan, and inputs from each of the systems within the gas turbine engine power system, based upon the inputs from the from the power demand and the mission plan the power event controller defines a series of constraints, and wherein the power event manager controller utilises an optimiser function to obtain control reference trajectories which minimise an objective cost function of modelled states, whilst being subject to the series of constraints.