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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Achalesh Kumar Pandey, Greenville, SC (US);
Deepali Nitin Bhate, Karnataka, IN;
Shivappa Ningappa Goravar, Karnataka, IN;
David Lee Rogers, Marietta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Achalesh Kumar Pandey, Greenville, SC (US);
Deepali Nitin Bhate, Karnataka, IN;
Shivappa Ningappa Goravar, Karnataka, IN;
David Lee Rogers, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 17/02 (2013.01); F05D 2270/71 (2013.01); G05B 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a failure estimate for one or more components of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) includes forming from failure models and at least one of fired hours and fired starts, factored hours and factored starts. The factored hours and/or starts are applied to failure equations for the one or more components to form the failure estimate.