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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);
Dullal Ghosh, Orissa, IN;
Saurav Dugar, West Bengal, IN;
Tejas Bharat Shinde, Maharashtra, IN;
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);
Dullal Ghosh, Orissa, IN;
Saurav Dugar, West Bengal, IN;
Tejas Bharat Shinde, Maharashtra, IN;
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting defects in a combustion duct in a combustion system of a turbine engine while the turbine engine operates, wherein the combustion duct comprises an inner surface, which, during operation, is exposed to the hot-gas flowpath, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first electrode that is electrically connected to the combustion duct; providing a second electrode that resides within the hot-gas flowpath; applying a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode.