Patent ID: 7512476

Claim:
A monitoring system of the components of a gas turbine capable of determining performance trends over time comprising: an acquisition device configured to acquire signals proportional to functioning parameters characteristic of a functioning state of components of a gas turbine, a first electronic processing unit capable of memorizing said signals in a first database, a second electronic processing unit capable of memorizing contents of said first data base in a second data base, a data transfer device, capable of electronically conveying contents of said first database to said second electronic processing unit, a monitoring program associated with said second electronic processing unit comprising a library of algorithms configured to classify the contents of the second electronic processing unit in accordance with said functioning parameters based on similarity criteria, and, to enable performance of the gas turbine and its components to be determined with respect to any one or more of said functioning parameters by comparing said contents of said second electronic processing unit with similarly classified data coming from subsequent recordings of said functioning parameters, a display device associated with said second electronic processing unit, said display device being configured to gain access to the functionality of said monitoring program by means of a graphic interface.