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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Jun Xu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Leonard Paul Squillacioti, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Stephen Frank Francese, Malta, NY (US);
Brian Scott Shewchuk, Marietta, GA (US);
Erich John Wollman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a leak in a gas cooled generator is provided. The apparatus includes a subsystem for introducing a non-corrosive second gas having an infrared absorption spectrum into the generator. The apparatus also includes an imaging component adapted to detect radiation at the infrared absorption spectrum of the non-corrosive second gas. The imaging component is provided with a filter that filters wavelengths in a range encompassing the infrared absorption spectrum of the non-corrosive second gas. The imaging component displays an image of the tracer gas leaking from the generator on the imaging component.