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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Guanghua Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jason Dees, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
William Robb Stewart, Boston, MA (US);
Todd Wetzel, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Thermal degradation monitoring systems and methods determine at least one operating parameter of equipment that defines prior usage of the equipment, determine at least one thermal characteristic of the equipment using one or more thermal imaging cameras, determine whether both the at least one operating parameter and the at least one thermal characteristic indicate thermal degradation of the equipment, and implement one or more remedial actions on the equipment to change a state of the equipment in response to determining that the at least one operating parameter and the at least one thermal characteristic indicate thermal degradation of the equipment.