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  • 1392 Tall Maple Loop, Oviedo, FL 32765 (407) 977-6694
  • 4250 Alafaya Trl, Oviedo, FL 32765
  • 4299 Althea Way, West Palm Beach, FL 33410 (561) 627-6918
  • Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • Seminole, FL
  • N Palm Beach, FL

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Us Patents

Engine Component Life Monitoring System And Method For Determining Remaining Useful Component Life

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US Patent:
7243042, Jul 10, 2007
Filed:
Nov 30, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/999663
Inventors:
Kurt Augustus Plotts - Oviedo FL, US
Fredrick Michael Davis - Orlando FL, US
Christina Leanne Peronto - Oviedo FL, US
Assignee:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc. - Orlando FL
International Classification:
G01K 17/00
US Classification:
702136, 702 34, 700287
Abstract:
The claimed invention is a method for determining a relationship between a metal temperature of a turbine component and an operating condition of a turbine housing the component. The claimed invention is also a method for determining consumed operating life for a turbine component. The invention further comprises a system for determining an amount of remaining useful life in a turbine component. The invention further comprises a method for determining a relationship between a stress state of a turbine component and an operating condition of a turbine housing the component.

Method Of Estimating Oxidation Progression In Coated Turbine Components

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US Patent:
7313485, Dec 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul 30, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/909055
Inventors:
Kurt Augustus Plotts - Oviedo FL, US
Malberto Fernandez Gonzalez - Orlando FL, US
Andrew Jeremiah Burns - Orlando FL, US
Assignee:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc. - Orlando FL
International Classification:
G01N 31/00
US Classification:
702 34, 702 22
Abstract:
The claimed invention relates to a method for determining the extent of an oxidation reaction of a coated metallic turbine component within a turbine, comprising determining a plurality of reference oxidation rates for a plurality of locations on the turbine component for a plurality of different turbine operating conditions. The invention also relates to selecting an appropriate oxidation rate from a family of reference oxidation rate data and estimating the oxidation of the coated turbine blade or vane.

Method And Apparatus For Determining In Real-Time The Fatigue Life Of A Structure

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US Patent:
6449565, Sep 10, 2002
Filed:
Apr 5, 1999
Appl. No.:
09/286378
Inventors:
Steven E. Budrow - Jupiter FL
Jeffrey R. Davis - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Kurt A. Plotts - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT
International Classification:
G01L 100
US Classification:
702 42, 701 14, 378 72
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining the fatigue life of a structure calculate, in real time, the values for the magnitudes of the stress forces imposed at a particular location on the structure, from one or more sensed structural parameters. Also, the associated temperature values of the structure may be calculated or measured. The calculated stress data are continuously examined, in real time, to determine if the direction of their magnitude is increasing or decreasing. If a change in direction is indicated, the previously stored peak data point in the increasing direction is paired with the previously determined peak data point in the decreasing direction to form a cycle pair. The structural fatigue life is then determined, in real time, from this cycle pair.
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