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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Cesar Everardo Castillo, Albany, NY (US);
Ruben Jeevanasan Fair, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Irving Longwell, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Haiyan Sun, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Karim Younsi, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Cesar Everardo Castillo, Albany, NY (US);
Ruben Jeevanasan Fair, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Irving Longwell, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Haiyan Sun, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Karim Younsi, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A collector monitoring system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the collector monitoring system includes: a sensor connected to an interior surface of a dynamoelectric machine housing, the sensor for sensing a condition of a collector during operation of a dynamoelectric machine; and a diagnostic system operably connected to the sensor, the diagnostic system configured to: obtain data about the condition of the collector from the sensor; compare the data about the condition of the collector with a predetermined condition threshold; and provide an indicator of a collector fault in response to the data about the condition of the collector exceeding the predetermined condition threshold.