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Patent No.:

US 8720257 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2011
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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