Cesar E Castillo

US Patent:

20130173183, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Jan 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/343079

Inventors:

Cesar Everardo Castillo - Albany NY, US
Ruben Jeevanasan Fair - Niskayuna NY, US
Ronald Irving Longwell - Boynton Beach FL, US
Haiyan Sun - Niskayuna NY, US
Karim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G01R 31/34

US Classification:

702 58

Abstract:

A collector monitoring system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the collector monitoring system includes: a sensor connected to an interior surface of a dynamoelectric machine housing, the sensor for sensing a condition of a collector during operation of a dynamoelectric machine; and a diagnostic system operably connected to the sensor, the diagnostic system configured to: obtain data about the condition of the collector from the sensor; compare the data about the condition of the collector with a predetermined condition threshold; and provide an indicator of a collector fault in response to the data about the condition of the collector exceeding the predetermined condition threshold.