Method and system for monitoring rotor blades of a turbomachine using blade tip timing (BTT)

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PATENT NO 11609114
APP PUB NO 20190212188A1
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16311936

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A method (400) of determining blade tip deflection characteristics is applied to moving rotor blades (R1, R2) in a turbomachine (10) comprising a housing and rotor including a shaft with the rotor blades attached thereto and at least one proximity probe (202). The method (400) includes measuring ((402) a proximity signal caused by a presence of a proximate tip of a moving rotor blade (R1) and calculating (404) by a control module (212) a shaft Instantaneous Angular Position (IAP) as a function of time, and performing (410) an order tracking process which includes expressing (412) the measured proximity signal in the angular domain and resampling (414) the expressed proximity signal to render it equidistant in the angular domain. The method (400) includes performing (416) a pulse localisation process which includes filtering (418) the proximity signal yielding a complex-valued response, expressing (420) the complex-valued response in terms of a local amplitude and phase, and calculating (422) local phase shifts between each expressed signal and a reference signal.

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UNIVERISTY OF PRETORIALYNNWOOD ROAD HILLCREST PRETORIA 0002

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Diamond, David Hercules Pretoria, ZA 3 2
Heyns, Philippus Stephanus Pretoria, ZA 3 2
Oberholster, Abraham Johannes Pretoria, ZA 3 2

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