METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ROTOR BLADE IN TURBINE ENGINE

• Main Authors: MICHAEL ALLEN WOHL, ANDREW DAVID ELLIS, SCHLEIF KURT KRAMER, MARIO JOSEPH ARSENAULT, VINCENT CARMONA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.06.2020
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC ORINFRASONIC WAVES; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; PHYSICS; STEAM ENGINES; TESTING; WEAPONS

To provide an improved method and system relating to monitor and diagnosis of rotor blades.SOLUTION: A method includes: attaching an RF reader 166 to a stationary surface 182; attaching an RF tag 160 to a rotor blade 181; collecting strength-of-signal data points via an RF monitoring process; repeat...