Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbomachine leak detection system and method
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Application No.: US16109057Application Date: 2018-08-22
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Publication No.: US10989620B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Rajarshi Saha , Mohamad-Maher Aboujaib , Bouria Faqihi , Sindhu Penna
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: EP17290124 20170926
- Main IPC: G01M3/22
- IPC: G01M3/22 ; G01M3/02 ; G01M3/38 ; G01M15/14

Abstract:
Various embodiments include an offline leak detection system for a turbomachine fuel system. In some embodiments, the leak detection system includes: a fluid supply system fluidly connected to at least one fuel line of the turbomachine, the fluid supply system for delivering a non-flammable fluid to the combustor; a control system operably connected to the fluid supply system, the control system controlling a flow of the non-flammable fluid through the at least one fuel line, and controlling a pressure of the non-flammable fluid in the at least one fuel line to a pressure substantially equal to an operational fuel pressure of the turbomachine; and an optical monitor for determining a presence of the non-flammable fluid on an exterior of the at least one fuel line, the presence of the non-flammable fluid on the exterior of the at least one fuel line indicating a leak.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190094100A1 GAS TURBOMACHINE LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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