Patent ID: 11946811
Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 15:
16. A sensor system for a turbine engine, comprising:
a turbine engine structure forming a peripheral boundary of a gas path within the turbine engine;
a probe including a bore and an endwall, the bore extending within the probe from a first end of the probe to the endwall, and the probe connected to the turbine engine structure and in contact with gas within the gas path;
an optical sensor connected to the probe at the first end of the probe, the optical sensor with a line-of-sight straight down the bore to an opaque material forming the endwall, and the optical sensor configured to detect temperature information indicative of a temperature of the opaque material at the endwall; and
a processing system configured to determine a temperature based on the temperature information.