Gas turbine component monitoring
US8991241B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N23/046
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention include methods for monitoring a gas turbine component. In some cases, a method includes: analyzing a gas turbomachine component to detect at least one of a void or a porosity of the gas turbomachine component while maintaining a structural integrity of the gas turbomachine component during the analyzing; and providing instructions to perform a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) process on the gas turbomachine component in response to at least one of detecting the void or detecting that the porosity exceeds a threshold.
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