METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MATERIAL DEFECT IN COMBUSTOR OF COMBUSTION TURBINE ENGINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods, systems and apparatus for detecting material defects in combustors of combustion turbine engines.SOLUTION: The method is provided for detecting defects in a combustion duct in a combustion system of a turbine engine while the turbine engine operates, wherein...

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Hauptverfasser:	KRAEMER GILBERT OTTO, KRULL ANTHONY WAYNE, DUGAR SAURAV, GHOSH DULLAL, SHINDE TEJAS BHARAT
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS BLASTING CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION COMBUSTION APPARATUS COMBUSTION ENGINES COMBUSTION PROCESSES CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL GAS-TURBINE PLANTS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGHVELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TONON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES ORJET-PROPULSION PLANTS INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUSSUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MEASURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES PHYSICS STEAM ENGINES TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods, systems and apparatus for detecting material defects in combustors of combustion turbine engines.SOLUTION: The method is provided for detecting defects in a combustion duct in a combustion system of a turbine engine while the turbine engine operates, wherein the combustion duct comprises an inner surface, which, during operation, is exposed to the hot-gas flowpath, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first electrode that is electrically connected to the combustion duct; providing a second electrode that resides within the hot-gas flowpath; applying a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode.