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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/40 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F02C 9/46 (2006.01); G01N 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/40 (2013.01); F01D 11/00 (2013.01); F02C 9/46 (2013.01); G01N 27/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of detecting a fuel leak are provided. A method of detecting a fuel leak within a turbomachine combustor includes a step of monitoring, by a controller, a sensor output from a particulate matter sensor positioned on a component within the combustor. The sensor output includes one of a fault state sensor output or a non-fault state sensor output. The method further includes receiving, with the controller, the fault state sensor output from the particulate matter sensor when a fuel leak is present within the combustor.