ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,330, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Energy Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Turbomachine operation monitoring system and method" was invented by James F. Lau (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of monitoring the operation of a turbomachine includes positioning a flux probe in an operating position with respect to a rotor of the turbomachine, rotating the rotor at an operating speed with respect to a stator to one of generate an electrical output and produce an output torque. The method also includes measuring the passage of each slot of a plurality of slots formed in the rotor using the flux probe, calculating a ...