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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Upul P DeSilva, Oviedo, FL (US);
Heiko Claussen, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
Techniques for monitoring health of an igniter () in a gas turbine engine () include a sensor () mounted to detect signals in a combustor () and a processor () in electrical communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to receive () from the sensor first data that indicates signal changes in each of a plurality of time bins during operation of the igniter in the combustor. Information characteristics of the first data are determined (). A value is determined () of a similarity measure that indicates similarity of the information characteristics to target information characteristics. Based on the value of the similarity measure, a condition of the igniter is determined () and a device is operated () based on the conditions, for example the condition is presented on a display ().