Methods and apparatus to monitor health information of a turbine engine
A turbine engine and equipment technology, applied in mechanical equipment, engine components, engine control, etc., can solve problems such as unreasonable costs
Active Publication Date: 2018-11-02
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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Maintenance of turbine engines traditionally incurs unreasonable costs
The cost roughly includes having a very professional and trained maintenance crew to service the turbine engine
In some cases, costs are caused by replacing expensive components or repairing complex subassemblies
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[0140] A turbine engine, also known as a gas turbine or gas turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. Turbine engines are commonly used in aircraft and power generation applications. As used herein, the terms "aircraft turbine engine", "gas turbine", "land-based turbine engine" and "turbine engine" are used interchangeably. Basic operation of a turbine engine involves drawing in a stream of fresh atmospheric air with a fan through the front of the turbine engine. In some examples, the air flow travels through an intermediate pressure compressor or a booster compressor located between the fan and the high pressure compressor. Booster compressors are used to boost or increase the pressure of an air stream before it enters the high pressure compressor. The air stream may then travel through a high pressure compressor, which further pressurizes the air stream. High pressure compressors include clusters of blades that are attached to a shaft. The blades rotate at high s...
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Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to monitor health information of a turbine engine are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a parameter calculator to determine a baseline value of aset of health parameters for a turbine engine of a vehicle based on a first set of sensor measurements to estimate an initial health of turbine engine components, and determine an operational value of the set of health parameters based on a second set of sensor measurements to estimate an operational health of the turbine engine components. The apparatus further includes a difference calculator to calculate a difference between the baseline value and the operational value to assess a health of the turbine engine, a database to store the first set of sensor measurements or the initial health of the turbine engine components, and an alert generator to generate an alert when the difference satisfies a threshold, the alert including a notification to perform maintenance on the component basedon the difference and the threshold.
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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to turbine engines, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for monitoring turbine engine health information. [0002] Related Government Contracts [0003] This invention was made with Government support under contract DTFAWA-10-C-00046 awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration. The government has certain rights in this invention. Background technique [0004] In recent years, turbine engines have been increasingly used in a wide variety of applications and fields. Turbine engines are precision machines with extensive availability, reliability and serviceability requirements. Traditionally, maintaining turbine engines has incurred unreasonable costs. Costs generally include having a very professional and trained maintenance crew to service the turbine engine. In some cases, costs are incurred by replacing expensive components or repairing complex subassemblies. [0005] Increased insight is n...
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Login to View More IPC IPC(8): G06F17/50G06Q10/06
CPCG06Q10/0635G06F30/15F05D2270/112F01D21/14F05D2260/81F05D2270/71F05D2270/304F05D2270/303F05D2270/301B64F5/60B64D45/00G07C5/0816G07C5/085G07C5/008B64D2045/0085F05D2260/80G07C5/006G07C5/0808
Inventor S.阿迪巴特拉
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO