ROBERT A YANNONE
Engineers in Delaware
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Pennsylvania PE042962R
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Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
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Address
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Delaware
Fernwood, PA 19050
Fernwood, PA 19050
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System To Assess The Starting Performance Of A Turbine
US Patent:
5748500, May 5, 1998
Filed:
Nov 14, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/557844
Inventors:
George Heinz Quentin - San Jose CA
Robert Alfred Yannone - Lansdowne PA
Robert Alfred Yannone - Lansdowne PA
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 1100, G01M 1900
US Classification:
36455101
Abstract:
An apparatus and method to assess the performance of a start of a turbine is described. The apparatus includes an accumulator to compare a set of on-line data signals corresponding to the starting performance of the turbine to a set of normative starting parameters so as to identify a set of comparison signals. The comparison signals may also be identified by comparing the set of on-line data signals with a database of historical information relating to starts and design profiles of the turbine. In addition, the comparison signals may be identified by comparing the set of on-line data signals with information in an expert system defining fault conditions in previous starts of the turbine. The comparison signals are processed by an analyzer to identify those comparison signals that exceed predetermined thresholds. Those comparison signals that exceed the predetermined thresholds are processed by a risk factor assessor, which generates quality-of-start predication signals corresponding to the likelihood of success of future starts of the turbine.