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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Kevin D. Smith, Glastonbury, CT (US);
David A. Raulerson, Palm Beach Garden, FL (US);
Zhong Ouyang, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Lisa J. Brasche, Ellington, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/0037 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); G01J 5/0088 (2013.01); G01J 5/061 (2013.01); G01J 5/0859 (2013.01); F05D 2260/83 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal inspection system is provided for a gas turbine engine hot section component with a cooling passage. This thermal inspection system includes a fluid subsystem operable to supply a fluid into the cooling passage. The thermal inspection system also includes a thermal camera subsystem operable to monitor a fluid temperature difference of the fluid exiting the cooling passage relative to the input temperature of the fluid supplied to the cooling passage.