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FIBER OPTIC SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD

  • US 20100074572A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2008
  • Published: 03/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device;

  • comprising;

    a stationary component;

    a rotary component; and

    a fiber optic sensing system comprising one or more fiber optic sensors disposed on the stationary component, the rotary component, or combinations thereof;

    wherein the fiber optic sensing system is configured to detect one or more first parameters comprising temperature, strain, pressure, vibration, torque;

    or combinations thereof related to the stationary component, the rotary component, or combinations thereof;

    wherein the one or more first parameters are used to determine one or more second parameters comprising thermal expansion, clearance, fluid flow rate variation, condensation, fluid leakage, thermal loss, life, thermal stress, or combinations thereof related to the stationary component, the rotary component, or combinations thereof.

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