Communication system for turbine engine

US8220319B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Kurt Kramer Schleif · Dearborn, US
• Gregory Quentin Brown · Simpsonville, US
• Philip Michael Caruso · Selkirk, US
• Fernando Jorge Casanova · Simpsonville, US
• Seung Woo Choi · Suwon-si, KR
• Josef Scott Cummins · Simpsonville, US
• Matthew Ryan Ferslew · Greenville, US
• Andrew Clifford Hart · Mauldin, US
• Robert D. Jones · Pearland, US
• Jong Youn Pak · Oakland Charter Township, US
• Francesco Soranna · Fort Mill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2220/31
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A communication system is provided and includes a sensor to measure a condition at a point of measurement interest defined on a rotor of a turbine at a radial distance from a centerline about which the rotor is rotatable, wiring disposed on the rotor at a radial distance from the centerline, the wiring including a first wiring section coupled to the sensor, a second wiring section and a first connection by which the first and second wiring sections are connectable, a second connection by which the second wiring section transmits a signal reflective of the detected condition to a non-rotating recording element and a temperature compensation module disposed on the second wiring section to adjust the signal.