Turbine blade monitoring

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9995167
APP PUB NO 20170211411A1
SERIAL NO

15329381

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A blade monitoring system and method for a turbine assembly comprising rotating blades (14), the system comprising at least one sensor (10, 12) for transmitting a signal towards said rotating blades and detecting a time-varying return signal therefrom, and one or more processors (20) configured to calculate the time derivative of said return signal, generate a phase variation signal for said time derivative, determine minima points within said phase variation signal and measure said signal at said minima points so as to identify data representative of respective minimum path lengths, each said minimum path length corresponding to the returned signal as each respective blade passes said sensor, and generate, using said minimum path lengths, a time series of data representing the returned signal from individual blades as they pass the sensor.

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BAE SYSTEMS PLC6 CARLTON GARDENS LONDON SW1Y 5AD UNITED KINGDOM

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Shepard, David John Essex, GB 3 17

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