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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2010
Applicants:

Pascal Christophe Contini, Isle, FR;

Xavier Flandrois, Cesson, FR;

Maxime Forte, Limoges, FR;

David Hadida, Bonneuil sur Marne, FR;

Inventors:

Pascal Christophe Contini, Isle, FR;

Xavier Flandrois, Cesson, FR;

Maxime Forte, Limoges, FR;

David Hadida, Bonneuil sur Marne, FR;

Assignee:

Snecma, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01); G01L 7/00 (2006.01); G01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01L 11/00 (2006.01); G01L 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01); B01D 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for monitoring a filter used for filtering a fluid in an aircraft engine. The system includes a pressure sensor acquiring over time a differential pressure of the fluid through the filter; a computer for computing a normalized differential pressure under reference conditions by normalizing the measured differential pressure according to conditions for exploiting the fluid; a memory for storing a predetermined reference clogging curve describing a time-dependent change of the normalized differential pressure depending on a pollutant mass injected into the filter. The computer can estimate the pollutant mass injected into the filter by projecting a current value of the normalized differential pressure onto the reference clogging curve; and can generate from the estimated pollutant mass a set of signatures defining the condition and the time-dependent change of clogging of the filter.


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