Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Remote Monitoring of Turbine Combustion Dynamics
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGeorge Williams, Scott Mattison, Eamon Gleeson
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Abstract
Systems, methods and computer program products enable the remote monitoring of the combustion dynamics of turbines. Remote monitoring permits a single user to continuously monitor the operating health of a fleet of turbines simultaneously from a single location. The user is presented with one or more graphical user interfaces that graphically display combustion dynamics data to enable the user to visually and quickly determine whether the turbine is operating within prescribed limits. The system permits the user to determine whether each turbine is operating to its maximum efficiency.
Claims23
A system for monitoring a plurality of turbines, comprising:
- at least one turbine;
- at least one combustion dynamics monitoring device, in communication with the at least one turbine, wherein the at least one combustion dynamics monitoring device is operable to measure the pressure within at least one combustion chamber of the at least one turbine;
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- at least one fleet server, wherein the at least one fleet server is in remote communication with the at least one combustion dynamics monitoring device, and wherein the at least one fleet server is operable to generate a graphical display illustrating the operational status of the at least one turbine.
A method for monitoring a plurality of turbines, comprising:
- using at least one combustion monitoring device to monitor the pressure within at least one combustion chamber of at least one turbine;
- communicating the monitored pressure to at least one fleet server in communication with the at least one combustion monitoring device;
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- displaying, using the fleet server, the operational status of the at least one turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.