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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Vinay Bhaskar Jammu, Karnataka, IN;
Nishith Pramod Vora, Bensalem, PA (US);
Ravi Yoganatha Babu, Karnataka, IN;
Rama Venkata Mahajanam, Radnor, PA (US);
Vinay Bhaskar Jammu, Karnataka, IN;
Nishith Pramod Vora, Bensalem, PA (US);
Ravi Yoganatha Babu, Karnataka, IN;
Rama Venkata Mahajanam, Radnor, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for the monitoring of heat transfer devices. The method includes the acts of receiving data from a heat transfer device, and computing a performance indicator indicative of an incipient anomaly condition of the heat transfer device based upon the received data, and/or computing a normalized efficiency of the heat transfer device. The normalized efficiency represents a corrected efficiency that isolates effects of a process parameter on performance of the heat transfer device. The data represents a measurable process parameter or a change in a measurable process parameter in the heat transfer device. The method receives the data and computes a performance indicator to predict performance degradation of the heat transfer device over time based upon the received data.