Patent ID: 7632059

Claim:
A method of detecting and correcting the undesirable operation of a turbine system comprising: monitoring a plurality of sensor devices, wherein at least one sensor device is associated with at least one operating parameter associated with the high pressure turbine bowl pressure and at least one other sensor is associated with at least one operating parameter relating to the intermediate pressure turbine bowl pressure; monitoring the thrust bearing metal temperature with a thrust bearing metal temperature sensor; determining if the at least one operating parameter relating to the high pressure turbine bowl pressure and the at least one operating parameter relating to the intermediate pressure turbine bowl pressure are within a range of unacceptable risk; and based at least in part upon the step of determining, continuously running back the load reference by adjusting at least one steam valve associated with an inlet pipe upon determining that the at least one operating parameter relating to the high pressure turbine bowl pressure and the at least one operating parameter relating to the intermediate pressure turbine bowl pressure are within a range of unacceptable risk.