Systems and methods for detecting a fuel leak
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorWilly Steve Ziminsky
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Abstract
Systems and methods of detecting a fuel leak are provided. A method of detecting a fuel leak within a turbomachine combustor includes a step of monitoring, by a controller, a sensor output from a particulate matter sensor positioned on a component within the combustor. The sensor output includes one of a fault state sensor output or a non-fault state sensor output. The method further includes receiving, with the controller, the fault state sensor output from the particulate matter sensor when a fuel leak is present within the combustor.
Claims18
A method of detecting a fuel leak within a combustor of a turbomachine, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by a controller, a sensor output from a particulate matter sensor positioned on a component within the combustor, the sensor output comprising one of a fault state sensor output or a non-fault state sensor output;
- receiving, with the controller, the fault state sensor output from the particulate matter sensor when a fuel leak is present within the combustor.
A system for detecting a fuel leak, the system comprising:
- a gas turbine including an inlet section, a compressor, at least one combustor configured to bum a hydrocarbon fuel, and a turbine section;
- and
- a particulate matter sensor positioned on a component within the at least one combustor, the particulate matter sensor being configured to communicate a sensor output to a controller, the controller including a computing device in electronic communication with the particulate matter sensor, wherein the computing device is configured to:
- monitor the sensor output from the particulate matter sensor, the sensor output comprising one of a fault state sensor output or a non-fault state sensor output;
- and
- receive the fault state sensor output from the particulate matter sensor when a fuel leak is present within the combustor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.