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System to assess the starting performance of a turbine

  • US 5,748,500 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1995
  • Issued: 05/05/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus to assess the performance of a start of a piece of equipment said apparatus comprising:

  • an accumulator to compare a set of on-line data signals corresponding to the starting performance of said piece of equipment to a set of normative starting parameters so as to identify a set of comparison signals;

    a risk factor assessor to process said comparison signals and generate quality-of-start prediction signals corresponding to the likelihood of success of future starts of said piece of equipment; and

    an anticipator to process said quality-of-start prediction signals and generate output signals, including control signal instructions for future starts of said piece of equipment, for use to improve the starting performance of said piece of equipment.

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