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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Anurag Singh, Altamont, NY (US);
Steven Di Palma, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and program products for controlling a machine. Methods according to the present disclosure can include: calculating, using a performance model of the machine, a set of inter-stage conditions of the machine corresponding to one of a set of input conditions and a set of output conditions during an operation of the machine, wherein the machine includes a turbine component having a fluid path therein traversing a plurality of turbine stages and a plurality of inter-stage positions; calibrating the performance model of the machine based on a difference between a predicted value in the performance model of the machine and one of the set of input conditions and the set of output conditions; and adjusting an operating parameter of the machine based on the calibrated performance model and the calculated set of inter-stage conditions of the machine.