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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2011
Mark Andrew Runkle, Schenectady, NY (US);
Frederick William Block, Campobello, SC (US);
Mark Andrew Runkle, Schenectady, NY (US);
Frederick William Block, Campobello, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an approach that validates the sensitivity of a working fluid parameter indicator in a system using centrifugal machines. In one aspect, a lead centrifugal machine and a lag centrifugal machine supply a working fluid to a distribution conduit. A working fluid parameter indicator measures a process parameter associated with the working fluid supplied to the distribution conduit by the lead centrifugal machine and the lag centrifugal machine. A controller validates the sensitivity of the working fluid parameter indicator to measure the process parameter associated with the working fluid as a function of operation of the lag centrifugal machine relative to the lead centrifugal machine during an operational test performed on the centrifugal machines.