Inspection system for a combustor of a turbine engine

摘要

An inspection system formed at least from an inspection system housing including at least one internal chamber that supports an extendible camera support shaft extending distally through a pilot nozzle port into a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The inspection system may include a camera capable of capturing high quality images together with position coordinates. Thus, the inspection system enables images in a combustor of a gas turbine engine to be captured and recaptured at a subsequent outage so that the images may be analyzed and compared for preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and the like. The inspection system may include three degrees of freedom for the camera mounted on the extendible camera support shaft.

主权项

1. An inspection system for a turbine engine, comprising:
at least one inspection system housing including at least one internal chamber, wherein the at least one inspection system housing is attachable to a pilot nozzle port in a combustor of the turbine engine; at least one extendible camera support shaft positioned within the at least one internal chamber extending distally from a distal opening in the at least one inspection system housing, wherein the at least one inspection system housing attaches to the pilot nozzle port such that the at least one inspection system housing extends outwardly from an outer surface of the pilot nozzle port while the at least one extendible camera support shaft has a smaller outer size than the pilot nozzle port and extends through the pilot nozzle port and into the combustor of the turbine engine; wherein the at least one extendible camera support shaft is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the at least one extendible camera support shaft; wherein the at least one extendible camera support shaft is extendible such that a distal end of the at least one extendible camera support shaft is movable longitudinally along the longitudinal axis; at least one camera lens supported by the at least one extendible camera support shaft at a location outside of the at least one inspection system housing distal to the distal opening; wherein the at least one camera lens is rotatable about an axis generally orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the at least one extendible camera support shaft; a data management system configured to coordinate detailed image information together with at least one image captured by at least one camera in communication with the at least one camera lens; and wherein the data management system stores images together with position coordinates.