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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Ramesh Subramanian, Oviedo, FL (US);
Anand A. Kulkarni, Oviedo, FL (US);
Vinay Jonnalagadda, Orlando, FL (US);
David J. Mitchell, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ramesh Subramanian, Oviedo, FL (US);
Anand A. Kulkarni, Oviedo, FL (US);
Vinay Jonnalagadda, Orlando, FL (US);
David J. Mitchell, Oviedo, FL (US);
Siemens, Energy Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine component () may be instrumented to provide a plurality of signals indicative of thermal measurements in a high temperature combustion environment of the gas turbine. A thermocouple arrangement may include a first thermocouple leg () disposed within a thickness of the component. At least two or more thermocouple legs () is each electrically connected to the first leg to form individual thermocouple junctions () along the first leg for conversion of respective thermal gradients to respective electrical signals, such as electromotive force (emf) based voltages. The thermocouple arrangement may be used in combination with a thermographic system () to calculate heat flux over a region of the turbine component.