APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING HEALTH OF DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for monitoring health of a device such as a gas turbine engine, and a method for using the apparatus. SOLUTION: The apparatus for assessing health of a device comprises; a data alignment module 13 for receiving a plurality of sensory outputs and outputti...

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Main Authors WOOD C BRUCE, VOLPONI ALLAN J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.03.2006
Subjects
AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
LIGHTING
MEASURING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
TESTING
TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES
TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
WEAPONS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for monitoring health of a device such as a gas turbine engine, and a method for using the apparatus. SOLUTION: The apparatus for assessing health of a device comprises; a data alignment module 13 for receiving a plurality of sensory outputs and outputting a synchronized data stream; an analysis module 15 for receiving the synchronized data stream and outputting at least one device health characteristic value, and a high level diagnostic characteristic value information fusion module 17 for receiving the at least one device health characteristic value and outputting a device health assessment. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20050245444