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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Vasileios Kyritsis, Derby, GB;
Peter Loftus, Derby, GB;
Maurice Bristow, Derby, GB;
Todd Lowe, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbomachine having an air flow measurement system. The system comprises a plurality of acoustic sensors upstream of a compressor of the turbomachine. The acoustic sensors are configured to transmit acoustic waveforms through an intake airflow to further acoustic sensors. The acoustic sensors are located in a single plane and mounted at angular spacing about a central axis of an intake.