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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Eberhard Deuker, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Inventor:
Eberhard Deuker, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting fluctuating fuel properties during the operation of a power plant. According to the inventive method, the actual operating characteristics of the power plant are used to determine the efficiency of the power plant and a change in fuel properties is concluded from a temporal change in the efficiency so determined.