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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Guanghua Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xiaoyue Liu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/08 (2006.01); G01K 1/14 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01K 11/12 (2006.01); G01L 1/24 (2006.01); F01D 25/12 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/143 (2013.01); F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); G01K 11/12 (2013.01); G01L 1/248 (2013.01); F05D 2270/303 (2013.01); F05D 2270/8041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine having a casing, a cowl disposed annularly around the casing such that a gap is formed between the casing and the cowl, and a thermal monitoring system having at least one camera positioned within the gap, wherein the at least one camera is configured to detect thermal radiation from at least one turbine component within the gap.