Gas turbine optical imaging system
US8416415B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for recreating a two-dimensional distribution of temperatures in an exhaust plane of a gas turbine engine. Light transmission and detection pairs may be arranged in the annulus of the exhaust of the turbine engine in such a way that the individual rays form a two-dimensional mesh of beams across a sector of the exhaust. Based on the absorption of the rays, the temperature of the sector of the exhaust thru which the ray passes may be determined. Based on these determinations, an image that corresponds to the operation of the turbine engine may be generated.
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