Methods and systems for assessing generator rotors
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsYogesh Kesrinath Potdar, Robert Martin Roney, JR., Paul Clinton Bagley, Shantanu Madhavrao Sane, Umit Ozkan
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for assessment of a generator rotor are provided. A method includes receiving crack data for the generator rotor from at least one inspection; computing a crack propagation rate based on the crack data and at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter comprises an operating condition of the generator rotor or a design parameter of the generator rotor; and providing at least one recommendation associated with the generator rotor based on the computed crack propagation rate.
Claims14
A method for assessment of a generator rotor, the method comprising:
- receiving crack data for the generator rotor from at least one inspection;
- computing a crack propagation rate based on the crack data and at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter comprises an operating condition of the generator rotor or a design parameter of the generator rotor;
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- providing at least one recommendation associated with the generator rotor based on the computed crack propagation rate.
A system for assessment of a generator rotor, the system comprising:
- a user interface to provide crack data for the generator rotor for which crack propagation analysis is to be done;
- a module for estimating an operating condition of the generator rotor;
- a computing module operable to compute a crack propagation rate based on the crack data and at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter comprises the operating condition of the generator rotor or a design parameter of the generator rotor;
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- a decision making module operable to provide at least one recommendation associated with the generator rotor based on the computed crack propagation rate.
A computer program code stored in a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer program code, when executed, is operative to cause one or more processors to:
- receive crack data for a generator rotor from at least one inspection;
- compute a crack propagation rate based on the crack data and at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter comprises an operating condition of the generator rotor or a design parameter of the generator rotor;
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- provide at least one recommendation associated with the generator rotor based on the computed crack propagation rate;
- wherein the computer program code comprises non-transitory code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.