Back to results
US 2014/0210984 A1Published application
System, Apparatus, And Method For Gas Turbine Leak Detection
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDouglas Corbin Warwick, Alston Ilford Scipio, Eduardo Mendoza, Peter Matthijs Jolles, Sanji Ekanayake
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring fluid passage. In an embodiment, a device may receive a thermographic image of a region comprising a fluid passage. Subsequently the device may determine that the thermographic image comprises an image pattern indicative of a degraded portion of the fluid passage.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a thermographic camera directed toward a region including a fluid passage, wherein the thermographic camera is configured to output a signal indicative of a thermographic image of the region;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the thermographic camera, wherein the controller comprises:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- analyzing the thermographic image;
- and
- determining that at least a portion of the thermographic image is indicative of a degraded portion of the fluid passage.
6 more elements
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a thermographic image of a region comprising a fluid passage;
- and
- determining that the thermographic image comprises an image pattern indicative of a degraded portion of the fluid passage.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- receiving a thermographic image of a region comprising a fluid passage;
- determining that the thermographic image comprises an image pattern indicative of a degraded portion of the fluid passage;
- and
- responsive to the determining that the thermographic image comprises an image pattern indicative of a degraded portion of the fluid passage, generating an alert message.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.