A method includes receiving image data from a camera coupled to an air intake system of a gas turbine engine. The image data corresponds to an air passage of the air intake system. The method also includes comparing the received image data to reference image data of the air intake system. The method also includes generating an icing notification based at least in part on the comparison when a difference between the received image data and reference image data is greater than an icing threshold.
Imaging assisted gas turbine anti-icing system
2017-02-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING , Elektrische digitale Datenverarbeitung / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F01D Strömungsmaschinen [Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen], z.B. Dampfturbinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES / F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |