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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Stephen L. Goodstine, Windsor, CT (US);
Jonathan S. Simon, Pleasant Valley, CT (US);
Alstom Power Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method and system for evaluating a condition of a surface of a combustion vessel exposed to deposition thereon of a material released during a combustion of a fuel in the combustion vessel during a combustion process. The method preferably comprises the steps of imposing a current on an electrical network arranged relative to the combustion vessel and having at least one electrode and thereafter detecting at least one characteristic of the electrical network during the step of imposing a current on the electrical network. The method further includes the step of evaluating a condition of the deposition exposed surface based upon the at least one detected characteristic of the electrical network.