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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jason Dean Fuller, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Louis Veltre, Greenville, SC (US);
Daniel Richard Waugh, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Justin Aaron Allen, Greenville, SC (US);
Paige Marie Sopcic, Greenville, SC (US);
Maxime Buquet, Belfort, FR;
Christian-Anghel Solacolu, Belfort, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of testing a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine includes a first compressor and an expansion turbine coupled by a drive shaft. The method includes operating the gas turbine and a second compressor at a first steady load and a first steady drive shaft speed. The second compressor is rigidly coupled to the drive shaft. The method also includes changing a load of the second compressor by a known amount, and measuring a time required for the gas turbine to stabilize at a second steady load and a second steady drive shaft speed in response to the changed load of the second compressor.