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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Pradeep Aadi Gopala Krishna, Karnataka, IN;
Dullal Ghosh, Orissa, IN;
Saurav Dugar, West Bengal, IN;
Matthew Paul Berkebile, Mauldin, SC (US);
Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);
Pradeep Aadi Gopala Krishna, Karnataka, IN;
Dullal Ghosh, Orissa, IN;
Saurav Dugar, West Bengal, IN;
Matthew Paul Berkebile, Mauldin, SC (US);
Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting defects in a combustion duct of a combustion system of a combustion turbine engine while the combustion turbine engine operates, wherein the combustion duct comprises a hot side, which is exposed to combustion gases and, opposing the hot side, a cold side. In one embodiment, the system comprises: a photodetector aimed at the cold side of the combustion duct, the photodetector being configured to detect a visible change to the cold side of the combustion duct.