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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Terry Lewis Farmer, Kearney, MO (US);
Vivek Badami, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles Erklin Seeley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David F. Johnston, Poquoson, VA (US);
Michael M. Mahler, Hayes, VA (US);
Timothy Gerald Lawrence, Newport News, VA (US);
Terry Lewis Farmer, Kearney, MO (US);
Vivek Badami, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles Erklin Seeley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David F. Johnston, Poquoson, VA (US);
Michael M. Mahler, Hayes, VA (US);
Timothy Gerald Lawrence, Newport News, VA (US);
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., Baberton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring operation of a rapper in an electrostatic precipitator using a rapper control system is described. The method includes determining model electrical characteristics of the rapper. The model electrical characteristics of the rapper correspond to model mechanical operating characteristics of the rapper. The method also includes storing data corresponding to the model electrical characteristics and the model mechanical operating characteristics of the rapper, determining actual electrical characteristics of the rapper, and comparing the actual electrical characteristics of the rapper to the stored model electrical characteristics to determine actual mechanical operating characteristics of the rapper.