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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Method and system for testing an overspeed protection system during a turbomachine shutdown sequence
Frederick William Block, Campobello, SC (US);
Mark P. Bombard, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Michael J. Dell'anno, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Guillermo Garcia, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Eamon Patrick Gleeson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kenneth Lee Leary, Anderson, SC (US);
Richard Lee Nichols, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Frederick William Block, Campobello, SC (US);
Mark P. Bombard, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Michael J. Dell'Anno, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Guillermo Garcia, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Eamon Patrick Gleeson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kenneth Lee Leary, Anderson, SC (US);
Richard Lee Nichols, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine. The method and system may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine that may have a single or multiple shafts; determining whether the speed the shaft or shaft(s) exceeds a shutdown value; changing an overspeed trip value of the turbomachine; and determining whether the overspeed protection system would operate to trip the turbomachine.