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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Frederick William Block, Campobello, SC (US);
Richard Lee Nichols, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bret Stephen Dalton, Greer, SC (US);
Jay Lynn Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
George Allen Ellis, Woodruff, SC (US);
Frederick William Block, Campobello, SC (US);
Richard Lee Nichols, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bret Stephen Dalton, Greer, SC (US);
Jay Lynn Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
George Allen Ellis, Woodruff, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention have the technical effect of automatically testing an overspeed protection system of a powerplant machine comprising a shaft and integrated with a safety control system. An embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system while the powerplant machine is in the process of shutting down. Another embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system of the powerplant machine by adjusting the speed of a shaft while operating at full-speed-no-load.