Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wash timing based on turbine operating parameters
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Application No.: US14611957Application Date: 2015-02-02
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Publication No.: US09605559B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Alan Meier Truesdale , David Spencer Ewens , Sidharth Abrol
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D25/00
- IPC: F01D25/00 ; F01D21/10 ; F02C9/00 ; F03B15/00 ; F03D7/04

Abstract:
A system may include a memory storing a turbomachinery degradation model configured to model degradation of a turbine system over time. Further, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the memory, which derives a turbomachinery wash timing based on at least one input signal from the turbine system and the turbomachinery degradation model. The turbomachinery degradation model may derive a desired wash point by estimating a modeled power of the turbine system, a modeled heat rate of the turbine system, or both. Furthermore, the controller may use the desired wash point to determine a time for washing components of the turbine system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160222820A1 WASH TIMING BASED ON TURBINE OPERATING PARAMETERS Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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