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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Robert Louis Ponziani, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert Louis Ponziani, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for determining sensor locations in a gas turbine engine is provided. The said method includes providing a turbine rear frame including a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced struts extending between the inner and outer surfaces, wherein a strut sector is defined between each pair of circumferentially-adjacent struts, providing a plurality of fuel nozzles that are each aligned with a strut sector, selecting one of the plurality of fuel nozzles as a primary index nozzle and positioning each of a plurality of sensors relative to one of the plurality of nozzles using a corresponding positioning angle such that each of the plurality of sensors coincides with a gas flow temperature distribution profile between each pair of circumferentially-spaced nozzles.