Member integrity monitoring system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEtienne Rene Jarrier, Steve David Hiner, Simon Charles Larcombe
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Abstract
A monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of a member disposed within a machine includes an image analyzer configured to receive image data from an imaging device and to determine an amount of radiation incident on one or more of one or more pixels of the imaging device. The monitoring system also includes a monitor coupled to the image analyzer and configured to generate an alarm in the event an amount of radiation on one or more of the one or more pixels exceeds a limit.
Claims30
A monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of a member disposed within a machine, the monitoring system comprising:
- an imaging device disposed within the machine;
- a radiation source disposed within the machine that directs radiation at the member and the imaging device;
- an image analyzer that receives image data from the imaging device and determines an amount of radiation incident on one or more of one or more pixels of the imaging device;
- and
- a monitor coupled to the image analyzer that generates an alarm in the event an amount of radiation on one or more of the one or more pixels exceeds a limit, the alarm indicating that the member has failed;
- wherein the imaging device is disposed downstream of the member and the radiation source is disposed upstream of the member.
A monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of a member disposed within a machine, the monitoring system comprising:
- an imaging device disposed within the machine;
- a radiation source disposed within the machine that directs radiation at the member and the imaging device;
- an image analyzer that receives image data from the imaging device and that determines an amount of radiation incident on one or more of one or more pixels of the imaging device;
- and
- a monitor coupled to the image analyzer that generates an alarm in the event an amount of radiation on one or more of the one or more pixels exceeds a limit, the alarm indicating that the member has failed;
- wherein the imaging device is disposed downstream of the member and the radiation source is disposed upstream of the member.
A method of monitoring a member in an air duct of a machine, the method comprising:
- placing a radiation source within the air duct on a first side of member;
- disposing an imaging device within the air duct on an second side of member;
- illuminating the first side of the member with radiation from the radiation source;
- receiving image data from the imaging device, the imaging data including information related to an amount of radiation that passed through the member and is incident on pixels of the imaging device;
- comparing the image data to radiation limits;
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- generating an alarm when the image data exceeds the radiation limits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.