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- Patent Title: Method of monitoring the status of a turbomachine having a casing wherein liquid may accumulate, arrangement and turbomachine
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Application No.: US15516633Application Date: 2015-10-02
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Publication No.: US10738789B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Giacomo Ragni , Francesco Bongini , Manuele Bigi , Paolo Trallori , Massimiliano Ortiz Neri
- Applicant: Nuovo Pignone Srl
- Applicant Address: IT Florence
- Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE SRL
- Current Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE SRL
- Current Assignee Address: IT Florence
- Agency: Baker Hughes Patent Org.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6c976ea5
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/072872 WO 20151002
- International Announcement: WO2016/050978 WO 20160407
- Main IPC: F04D27/00
- IPC: F04D27/00 ; F04D25/06 ; F01D25/32

Abstract:
A turbomachine has a casing where liquid may accumulate; at least one liquid level detector is located inside the casing for automatically detecting liquid accumulated inside the casing during operation of the turbomachine; the liquid level detector may be arranged for detecting one or two or three or four liquid levels inside the casing; the liquid level detector is typically connected to an electronic unit at least for automatically signaling the liquid level. The electronic unit controls at least one valve for automatically discharging the accumulated liquid from the casing; in this way, the status of the turbomachine is not only monitored but also managed.
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