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US 2022/0065135 A1Published application
Gas turbine alignment assembly and method
OwnerTho V. Nguyen, Tuy C. Huynh +2inventors
InventorsTho V. Nguyen, Tuy C. Huynh, Vineet Sethi, Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol
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Abstract
A system includes an alignment assembly. The alignment assembly includes a receiver and a transmitter to be positioned on two components of a gas turbine system. The alignment assembly further includes an adjustment pad and a hydraulic cylinder to further aid in the alignment of the two components of the gas turbine system.
Claims20
A gas turbine system, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the processor to:
- receive a data signal indicative of a relative position and/or orientation between a gas turbine of the gas turbine system and a load of the gas turbine system;
- determine a target movement of the gas turbine, the load, or both based on the data signal indicative of the relative position and/or orientation;
- determine, based on the target movement, at least one control command of an adjustment pad, a hydraulic cylinder, or both of an alignment assembly, the alignment assembly being coupled to the gas turbine or the load;
- and
- control a movement of the adjustment pad, the hydraulic cylinder, or both via the at least one control command.
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An alignment assembly for a gas turbine system, comprising:
- a first laser alignment device corresponding to a gas turbine of the gas turbine system;
- a second laser alignment device corresponding to a load of the gas turbine system, wherein the first laser alignment device and the second laser alignment device are configured to communicate to determine a data signal indicative of a relative position and/or orientation of the gas turbine and the load;
- at least one adjustment pad configured to move a corresponding one of the gas turbine or the load;
- and
- a controller having a memory storing instructions thereon, and having a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the processor to:
- receive the data signal from the first laser alignment device, the second laser alignment device, or both;
- determine, based on the data signal indicative of the relative position and/or orientation, a target movement of the gas turbine or the load including the at least one adjustment pad;
- determine at least one control command of the at least one adjustment pad based on the target movement;
- and
- control a movement of the at least one adjustment pad via the at least one control command.
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A method for aligning a gas turbine system, comprising:
- receiving, at a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a memory, a data signal indicative of a relative position and/or orientation between a gas turbine of the gas turbine system and a load of the gas turbine system;
- determining, via the processor, a target movement of the gas turbine, the load, or both based on the data signal indicative of the relative position and/or orientation;
- determining, based on the target movement and via the processor, at least one control command of an adjustment pad, a hydraulic cylinder, or both of an alignment assembly, the alignment assembly being coupled to the gas turbine or the load;
- and
- controlling, via the processor, a movement of the adjustment pad, the hydraulic cylinder, or both via the at least one control command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.