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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Bastian Sundermann, Berlin, DE;
Christian Siuts, Berlin, DE;
Hubert Oing, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for detecting asymmetric utilizing lateral tower acceleration data may include: providing a lateral tower acceleration monitoring system; determining from the lateral tower acceleration monitoring system whether a lateral tower acceleration is above an acceleration limit; determining whether a rotor-mass imbalance condition exists; and determining whether the lateral tower acceleration coincides with icing on a rotor.