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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Richard Waugh, Greenville, SC (US);
Karl Dean Minto, Schenectady, NY (US);
Scott William Szepek, Schenectady, NY (US);
Louis Veltre, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/00 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/001 (2013.01); F04D 27/0253 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the disclosure may include systems, methods and apparatus for operating and validating a compressor. According to an example embodiment of the disclosure, a method is provided for validating compressor operation. The method can include receiving compressor operating parameter data from a plurality of sensors; and adjusting a portion of a variable flow area downstream of a compressor discharge to achieve a desired compressor pressure ratio.