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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Dullal Ghosh, Orissa, IN;
Bhaskara Rao Atchuta, Karnataka, IN;
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Dullal Ghosh, Orissa, IN;
Bhaskara Rao Atchuta, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting defects in a turbine rotor blade of a combustion turbine engine. The system may include: a turbine rotor blade that includes an insulator coating; a first electrode that is electrically connected to the turbine rotor blade; a second electrode that resides in proximity to the turbine rotor blade; means for inducing a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and means for detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode.