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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Erie, PA (US);
Richard C. Peoples, Grove City, PA (US);
David E. Peterson, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Jason M. Strode, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Neil W. Burkell, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Milan Karunaratne, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of the invention relate to diagnosing a compressor. A method may include monitoring a pressure of compressed air within a reservoir of a compressor, actuating an unloader valve of the compressor, and detecting a leak condition of the compressor through recognition of a change in the monitored pressure of the compressed air within the reservoir during a time period in which the unloader valve is actuated. A system is also disclosed including an engine, a compressor operatively connected to the engine, and a controller that is operable to determine a condition of the compressor.