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AssigneeNuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl
InventorsGianni MOCHI, Massimiliano TEMPESTINI, Giuseppe STRINGANO, Alessandro BETTI
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In a machine, for example a centrifugal compressor, erosion and/or corrosion of a part of the machine exposed to a working fluid to be processed by the machine is/are monitored; a corrosion probe and/or an erosion probe is/are suitably positioned inside the machine; the corrosion probe and/or the erosion probe is provided with a measurement element that is exposed to the working fluid when the machine operates; the measurement element is made of the same material of the part to be monitored so that the measurement element and the part are eroded and/or corroded in the same or similar way and/or at the same or similar rate. Corrosion and/or erosion data detected by the probe are transmitted from the probe to an electronic unit.
A method of providing monitoring of erosion and/or corrosion of a part of a stator or a rotor in a machine, wherein the part is arranged so to be exposed to a working fluid to be processed by the machine, wherein the part comprises a material, the method comprising:
A machine comprising:
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