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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bugra H. Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Deepak Trivedi, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Scott Alan Schimmels, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Joseph Herbert Fields, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Rahul Anil Bidkar, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Eric R. Westervelt, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrew Kevin Winn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A seal monitoring apparatus is provided. The seal monitoring apparatus includes one or more pressure sensors and a controller in communication with the one or more pressure sensors. The one or more pressure sensors is mounted at a seal of a turbine to measure pressure on a first side of the seal and/or a second side of the seal. The controller is configured to receive pressure data from the one or more pressure sensors and determine a condition of the seal based at least in part on the pressure data. The controller is configured to output a signal upon determining a change in the condition of the seal.