摘要:
A method (and corresponding apparatus) for monitoring gas turbine blades. The output from an eddy current sensor monitoring the movement of turbine blades past the sensor is processed to determine when the signal train from the sensor omits a signal or pulse corresponding to one of the shaft's full complement of blades. The signal processor compares sensed blade periods with average blade periods.
摘要:
A sensor element for use in a backing sensor to monitor a gas turbine shaft. The sensor includes an oscillator circuit 30 having an oscillator and a resonance circuit 42, and a frequency detector 31 for monitoring the frequency of the ossilation circuit. Abnormal movement of the shaft cuts the circuit in the sensor along a cutting line (15). The cutting of the sensor changes the capacitance and/or inductance of the resonance circuit and thereby changes the frequency of oscillation.
摘要:
A method (and corresponding apparatus) for monitoring gas turbine blades. The output from an eddy current sensor monitoring the movement of turbine blades past the sensor is processed to determine when the signal train from the sensor omits a signal or pulse corresponding to one of the shaft's full complement of blades. The signal processor compares sensed blade periods with average blade periods.
摘要:
A method (and corresponding apparatus) for monitoring the rotational speed of the shaft of a gas turbine having a number of spaced blades on or rotating with the shaft. The invention compensates for the errors which arise from the relative movement of turbine blade tips by deriving a correction factor for each blade and continually updating that correction factor.
摘要:
The invention provides a total gas temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of gas in a gas flow. A gas temperature sensor in accordance with the invention comprises a measurement chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; an outlet valve located at the gas outlet, operable to seal the gas outlet when in a closed position, and a temperature sensing element located in the measurement chamber. The sensor is simple to manufacture, is robust, provides for a low recovery correction and does not suffer from significant boundary layer problems.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for monitoring the rotational speed of a shaft, in particular a shaft having a number of spaced features on or rotating with the shaft. Preferred embodiments of the invention are concerned with methods and apparatuses for processing signals in order to calculate, with high accuracy and a fast response time, the rotational speed of a gas turbine shaft. The invention recognizes that it is possible to accurately measure speed between two eddy current sensors (5, 6) by determining the time take for a turbine blade to pass therebetween provided that appropriate compensation is made for the effect of apparent changes in the magnetic distance between the sensors.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for monitoring the rotational speed of a shaft, in particular a shaft having a number of spaced features on or rotating with the shaft. Preferred embodiments of the invention are concerned with methods and apparatuses for processing signals in order to calculate, with high accuracy and a fast response time, the rotational speed of a gas turbine shaft. The invention recognises that it is possible to accurately measure speed between two eddy current sensors (5, 6) by determining the time take for a turbine blade to pass therebetween provided that appropriate compensation is made for the effect of apparent changes in the magnetic distance between the sensors.
摘要:
A sensor element for use in a backing sensor to monitor a gas turbine shaft. The sensor includes an oscillator circuit 30 having an oscillator and a resonance circuit 42, and a frequency detector 31 for monitoring the frequency of the oscillation circuit. Abnormal movement of the shaft cuts the circuit in the sensor along a cutting line (15). The cutting of the sensor changes the capacitance and/or inductance of the resonance circuit and thereby changes the frequency of oscillation.
摘要:
A method (and corresponding apparatus) for monitoring the rotational speed of the shaft of a gas turbine having a number of spaced blades on or rotating with the shaft. The invention compensates for the errors which arise from the relative movement of turbine blade tips by deriving a correction factor for each blade and continually updating that correction factor.
摘要:
The invention provides a total gas temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of gas in a gas flow. A gas temperature sensor in accordance with the invention comprises a measurement chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; an outlet valve located at the gas outlet, operable to seal the gas outlet when in a closed position, and a temperature sensing element located in the measurement chamber. The sensor is simple to manufacture, is robust, provides for a low recovery correction and does not suffer from significant boundary layer problems.