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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2009
Alexander I. Khibnik, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Ravi Rajamani, West Hartford, CT (US);
Rajendra K. Agrawal, S. Windsor, CT (US);
Coy Bruce Wood, Ellington, CT (US);
Alexander I. Khibnik, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Ravi Rajamani, West Hartford, CT (US);
Rajendra K. Agrawal, S. Windsor, CT (US);
Coy Bruce Wood, Ellington, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
An example method of controlling gas turbine engine debris monitoring sensors includes detecting debris carried by air moving through an engine using at least first and second debris sensors, and processing signals from both the first and second debris sensors using a common signal conditioning unit. Another example method of monitoring gas turbine engine debris includes configuring at least one first debris sensor to detect debris carried by airflow moving through a first portion of an engine and configuring at least one second debris sensor to detect debris carried by airflow moving though a second portion of the engine. The method alternates between using the first debris sensor to detect debris and using the second debris sensor to detect debris.