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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
George F Lang, Lansdale, PA (US);
Robert L Leon, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73660 ; 364508 ;
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for detecting and identifying one or more resonantly vibrating blades of a turbine through the use of acoustic sensors imbedded in the stationary casing of the turbine is disclosed. The acoustic sensor signals are processed to separate the characteristic Doppler waveform from the accompanying random noise and periodic noise. Improved signal processing techniques which involve the evaluation of both an information-bearing resonant signal and its Hilbert transform via direct synthesis are disclosed.