Starter Control Valve Prediction System to Predict and Trend Starter Control Valve Failures in Gas Turbine Engines Using a Starter Control Valve Health Prognostic, Computer Readable Medium and Related Methods
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method to predict starter control valve failures in gas turbine engines using a starter control valve health prognostic, the method comprising the steps of:
- extracting one or more health index features from operational gas turbine engine startup data received for one or more gas turbine engine startups of one or more gas turbine engines of a certain gas turbine engine model;
calculating a starter control valve health index for each of the one or more gas turbine engine startups responsive to the one or more health index features extracted from the operational gas turbine engine startup data to thereby define one or more health indices;
comparing each of the one or more health indices to a starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model; and
determining, responsive to the step of comparing, a potential predictive starter control valve failure point, the potential predictive starter control valve failure point being located where one of the one or more health indices correlates to the starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model.
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Abstract
Starter control valve failure prediction machines, systems, computer readable media, program products, and computer implemented methods to predict and trend starter control valve failures in gas turbine engines using a starter control valve health prognostic and to make predictions of starter control valve failures, are provided. A computer implemented method according to an embodiment of the present invention can include the steps of generating a continuous starter control valve deterioration trend function responsive to a plurality of health indices derived from gas turbine engine startup data downloaded from gas turbine engine sensors for a plurality of startups and analyzing the continuous starter control valve deterioration trend function to identify potential starter control valve failure points where the points on the starter control valve deterioration trend function correlate to a starter control valve health prognostic responsive to historic gas turbine engine startup data downloaded from gas turbine engine sensors.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method to predict starter control valve failures in gas turbine engines using a starter control valve health prognostic, the method comprising the steps of:
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extracting one or more health index features from operational gas turbine engine startup data received for one or more gas turbine engine startups of one or more gas turbine engines of a certain gas turbine engine model; calculating a starter control valve health index for each of the one or more gas turbine engine startups responsive to the one or more health index features extracted from the operational gas turbine engine startup data to thereby define one or more health indices; comparing each of the one or more health indices to a starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model; and determining, responsive to the step of comparing, a potential predictive starter control valve failure point, the potential predictive starter control valve failure point being located where one of the one or more health indices correlates to the starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Non-transitory computer readable medium having processor readable program code embodied on the computer readable medium, the processor readable program code for programming one or more processors to perform operations for to predict starter control valve failures in gas turbine engines using a starter control valve health prognostic, the processor readable program code comprising a set of instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the operations of:
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receiving operational gas turbine engine startup data collected for one or more gas turbine engine startups of one or more gas turbine engines of a certain gas turbine engine model; extracting one or more health index features from received operational gas turbine engine startup data; calculating a starter control valve health index for each of the one or more gas turbine engine startups responsive to the one or more health index features extracted from the operational gas turbine engine startup data to thereby define one or more health indices; comparing each of the one or more health indices to a starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model; and determining, responsive to the operation of comparing, a potential predictive starter control valve failure point, the potential predictive starter control valve failure point being located where one of the one or more health indices correlates to the starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A starter control valve failure prediction system to predict and trend starter control valve failures in gas turbine engines using a starter control valve health prognostic, the starter control valve failure prediction system comprising a computer having one or more processors, memory in communication with the processor, and computer readable program code defining a starter control valve failure protection program comprising a set of instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the operations of:
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receiving operational gas turbine engine startup data collected for one or more gas turbine engine startups of one or more gas turbine engines of a certain gas turbine engine model; extracting one or more health index features from received operational gas turbine engine startup data; calculating a starter control valve health index for each of the one or more gas turbine engine startups responsive to the one or more health index features extracted from the operational gas turbine engine startup data to thereby define one or more health indices; comparing each of the one or more health indices to a starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model; and determining, responsive to the operation of comparing, a potential predictive starter control valve failure point, the potential predictive starter control valve failure point being located where one of the one or more health indices correlates to the starter control valve health prognostic for the certain gas turbine engine model.
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