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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1991
William L McCarty, Orlando, FL (US);
Kermit R Wescott, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Paul J Tyler, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Leo P St Onge, Wexford, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for diagnosing ignition failure conditions in a combustion turbine are shown to generally include referencing members for generating a plurality of reference signals, wherein each of the reference signals are representative of a desired ignition operating condition, sensors for sensing actual ignition operating conditions each of which correspond to a desired ignition operating condition. The sensors generate a plurality of operating signals representative of actual ignition operating conditions. Comparators are utilized for comparing each of the operating signals to a corresponding reference signal and to indicate when the operating signal exceeds the reference signal in the presence of an ignition enabling signal.