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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Cummins Power Generation Ip, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dustin Wayne Kallhoff, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Benjamin S. Fuchs, Andover, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cummins Power Generation IP, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 99/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 99/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatuses for early fault detection of a power generator are provided. An alternator output power parameter is received and a fuel flow input measurement is received. An estimated engine efficiency value is determined in response to the alternator output power parameter and the fuel flow input measurement. The estimated engine efficiency value may be transmitted to a monitoring device.