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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Nilesh Tralshawala, Rexford, NY (US);
Daniel White Sexton, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include detection systems adapted to monitor at least one physical property of a component in a turbomachine. In some embodiments a detection system includes at least one sensor configured to be affixed to a component of a turbomachine, the at least one sensor for sensing information regarding at least one physical property of the turbomachine component during operation of the turbomachine, a signal converter communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and at least one RF communication device configured to be affixed to a stationary component of the turbomachine, the radio frequency communication device configured to communicate with the at least one signal converter via an RF antenna coupled to the signal converter.