General Electric Company

Youngwon Shin

Suryarghya Chakrabarti

John Joseph Mihok

Andrew Scott Kessie

Charles Larry Abernathy

Vasanth Muralidharan

Gregory Jon Chiaramonte

Srikanth Akkaram

William Keith Kincaid

Jesus Miguel Valenzuela

Waad Hussain Subber

Venkata Vamsi Bhagavan

Mariusz Wiklo

Ricardo Cuevas

A system and method are provided for operating and maintaining a wind turbine. Accordingly, a plurality of data inputs are received. The plurality of data inputs represent a plurality of monitored attributes of a component of the wind turbine. A consolidated risk index for the component is determined using the plurality of monitored attributes, and a range of potential risk indices is forecasted. A remaining-useful-life distribution is determined based on the damage potential and an end-of-life damage threshold. The wind turbine is shut down or idled if the remaining-useful-life distribution is below a shutdown threshold.

System and method for operating a wind turbine

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a predictive asset health quantifier of a turbine engine. An example apparatus includes a performance model analyzer to determine a fleet behavior parameter by generating a reference performance model using historical information for a fleet of operators using turbine engines, generate a residual performance model based on calculating a difference between the fleet behavior parameter and a plurality of operator behavior parameters, identify an operator as a candidate improvement target based on comparing the operator behavior parameters corresponding to the operator to the fleet in the residual performance model, and determine an adjusted operator behavior parameter for the candidate improvement target. The example apparatus further includes a system updater to update a computer-based model to replace the operator behavior parameter with the adjusted operator behavior parameter, and a task optimizer to determine a workscope for the turbine engine.

Methods and apparatus to generate a predictive asset health quantifier of a turbine engine

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Youngwon Shin