Patent ID: 9476361
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: F02C,F05D

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a gas turbine system comprising a compressor, combustor, and a turbine; a controller communicatively coupled to the gas turbine system and configured to control operations of the gas turbine system; and a life consumption model configured, during the gas turbine system operating under a load operating condition, to determine an operating life of the gas turbine system based on both a health status of one or more components of the gas turbine system and operating conditions of the gas turbine system, wherein the controller, during the gas turbine system operating under the load operating condition, is configured to utilize at least the life consumption model to derive and output a control action for the gas turbine system, and the operating conditions comprise actual operating conditions or statistically derived estimates of most likely operating conditions during the load operating condition; wherein the life consumption model is configured, during the gas turbine system operating under the load operating condition, to calculate an actual life consumption rate for the gas turbine system based on both the health status of the one or more components of the gas turbine system and the operating conditions of the gas turbine system.