General Electric Company

Dalero Winston Berkeley

Don Mark Lipkin

Farshad Ghasripoor

Raymond Edward Chupp

Jeffrey Reid Thyssen

Chek Beng Ng

Michael Paul Black

Robert A McLeod

Doug Dean

Roopesh Bhaskaran Nagathil

David Lynn Linkenauger

Jason Fredrick Nichols

A bearing monitoring system includes at least one sensor, and a fuzzy logic enabled device operatively connected to the at least one sensor. The fuzzy logic enabled device includes a fuzzy logic rule set that is configured and disposed to determine a component condition based on an input from the at least one sensor.

Fuzzy logic based system monitoring system and method

Process of brazing an alumina-coated honeycomb and fiber metal material to a substrate, in which a mask material is applied to a portion of the honeycomb and fiber metal prior to deposition of the AlO, and the mask material is removed after deposition and prior to brazing to the substrate.

Brazing of alumina coated honeycomb and fiber metal

A pilot air system for a combustor of a gas turbine including: a pilot air compressor having inlet connectable to in to a main passageway, wherein the main passageway receives compressed air from a compressor for the gas turbine; a pilot air platform positioned adjacent to the combustor of the gas turbine, wherein the pilot air compressor is positioned on the platform; an inline throttling valve coupled to the first main passageway; a by-pass passageway for the pilot air, proximate to the platform, and arranged in parallel to the main passageway and compressor, wherein the by-pass passageway receives pilot air from the main passageway downstream of the pilot air compressor and passes a portion of the compressed pilot air to the main passageway upstream of the pilot air compressor; a by-pass throttling valve inline with the by-pass passageway to meter pilot air flowing through the by-pass passageway, and the main passageway having an outlet connectable to the combustor.

Pilot air apparatus and method for a combustor of gas turbine

A pilot air system for providing pilot air to a combustor of a gas turbine wherein the system includes: an inlet to receive a portion of compressed air discharged by a compressor of the gas turbine, wherein the portion of the compressed air is pilot air; a main passageway coupled to the inlet and providing a passage for the pilot air; an inline throttling valve coupled to the main passageway and metering a pressure of the compressed air in the main passageway; a pilot air compressor in series with the main passageway; a by-pass passageway for the pilot air and arranged in parallel to the main passageway and compressor, wherein the by-pass passageway receives pilot air from the main passageway downstream of the compressor and passes a portion of the compressed pilot air to the main passageway upstream of the compressor; a by-pass throttling valve inline with the by-pass passageway to meter pilot air flowing through said by-pass passageway, and the main passageway is connectable to the combustor.

System and method for regulating pressure of pilot air to combustor of gas turbine

Oxidation resistant sealant system comprising a honeycomb component coated with an aluminum oxide layer.

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