System and method for monitoring impact machinery
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCHARLES ERKLIN SEELEY, ELADIO CLEMENTE DELGADO, JOHN ERIK HERSHEY, HAROLD WOODRUFF TOMLINSON
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Abstract
A system (10) for monitoring an operating condition of an electrostatic precipitator rapper system (12) includes a rapper (24) configured to mechanically actuate to disengage pollutants from a plate of the electrostatic precipitator (12). The system also includes a sensor (38, 40) configured to obtain and transmit signals representative of vibration, motion, or current behavior of the rapper; and a processor (52) configured to receive the signals from the sensor and to detect whether the rapper is mechanically actuated.
Claims21
A system for monitoring an operating condition of an electrostatic precipitator comprising a rapper configured to mechanically actuate to disengage pollutants from a plate of the electrostatic precipitator, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to obtain and transmit signals representative of vibration, motion or current behavior of the rapper;
- and
- a processor configured to receive the signals from the sensor and to detect whether the rapper is mechanically actuated.
A rapper monitoring system coupled to an electrostatic precipitator, the rapper monitoring system comprising:
- a sensor coupled to a rapper and configured to obtain and transmit signals representative of vibration, motion or current behavior of the rapper;
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- an intermediate device coupled to the rapper, wherein the intermediate device relays the signals received from the sensor to a base station.
A method of retrofitting a rapper in an electrostatic precipitator, the method comprising:
- mounting a sensor on top of a slug in the rapper;
- providing a hole on top of the rapper;
- providing an intermediate device on top of a rapper surface;
- placing the slug in a rapper mount;
- placing a coil over the slug in the rapper mount;
- placing a case over the slug and the coil;
- tightening the case;
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- coupling the intermediate device to a rapper power cable.
A system for monitoring an operating condition of an apparatus impacted by heavy vibrations, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to obtain and transmit signals representative of vibration, motion or current behavior of the apparatus;
- and
- a processor configured to receive the signals from the sensor and to detect mechanical vibrations experienced by the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.