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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Hubert Oing, Berlin, DE;
Bastian Sundermann, Berlin, DE;
Christian Siuts, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for detecting asymmetric utilizing longitudinal tower acceleration data may include: providing a rotorspeed acceleration monitoring system; determining from the rotorspeed acceleration monitoring system whether a rotorspeed acceleration is above a rotorspeed acceleration limit; determining whether a rotor-mass imbalance condition exists; and determining whether a longitudinal tower acceleration coincides with icing on a rotor.