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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
David Tai Wai Lee, Singapore, SG;
Kwok-Kwong Ben Tse, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Gregory Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);
Ching Kai Chan, Singapore, SG;
Jorge Hernandez-Maldonado, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting the rotation breakaway of a spacer from a compressor rotor disk are disclosed herein. The method includes detecting a disk sensed feature and a spacer sensed feature on the compressor rotor disk and the spacer respectively. The method also includes comparing the timing between the two to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the relative position of the spacer to the compressor rotor disk exceeds a predetermined amount. The predetermined amount may be selected to determine whether an imbalance, rubbing, or binding can occur in the gas turbine engine or to determine whether anti-rotation features have been broken.