Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine temperature measurement
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Application No.: US14088494Application Date: 2013-11-25
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Publication No.: US09810160B2Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Wolfgang Lang , Jürgen Hoffmann
- Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
- Current Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: EP12194772 20121129
- Main IPC: G01K11/22
- IPC: G01K11/22 ; G01N25/20 ; G01K13/00 ; G01K3/00 ; F02C9/28 ; G01M15/14 ; G01K11/24 ; G01K13/02 ; F02C6/00

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a method for determining a temperature in a pressurized flow path of a gas turbine comprising the steps of sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic signal emitting transducer across a section of the pressurized flow path, detecting the acoustic signal with a receiving transducer, measuring the time needed by the acoustic signal to travel from the acoustic signal emitting transducer to the receiving transducer, calculating the speed of sound, and calculating the temperature as a function of the speed of sound, the heat capacity ratio (□) and a specific gas constant (Rspec) of the gas flowing in the pressurized flow path.Besides the method, a gas turbine with a processor and transducers arranged to carry out such a method is disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140144156A1 GAS TURBINE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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