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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Kurt Augustus Plotts, Oviedo, FL (US);
Malberto Fernandez Gonzalez, Orlando, FL (US);
Andrew Jeremiah Burns, Orlando, FL (US);
Kurt Augustus Plotts, Oviedo, FL (US);
Malberto Fernandez Gonzalez, Orlando, FL (US);
Andrew Jeremiah Burns, Orlando, FL (US);
Siemens Power Generation, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
The claimed invention relates to a method for determining the extent of an oxidation reaction of a coated metallic turbine component within a turbine, comprising determining a plurality of reference oxidation rates for a plurality of locations on the turbine component for a plurality of different turbine operating conditions. The invention also relates to selecting an appropriate oxidation rate from a family of reference oxidation rate data and estimating the oxidation of the coated turbine blade or vane.