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Boroscope Inspection 215<br />

Figure 13-8. Internal boroscope view of annular combustor liner and<br />

fuel nozzle after 1,000 hours operation.<br />

Figure 13-18 and 13-19, and foreign object damage and cracks shown<br />

in Figures 13-20 and 13-21, respectively. By performing periodic gas<br />

path analysis, the changes in exhaust gas temperature, fuel flow and<br />

rotor speed would have pointed to a diagnosis of an increase in turbine<br />

area. The material loss visible in Figures 13-18 and 13-19 is, in<br />

fact, an increase in turbine area. Even if the diagnosis was unclear,<br />

it would have prompted a visual inspection of the hardware.<br />

A flexible fiber-optic boroscope can be inserted through a first<br />

stage turbine nozzle for a good view of the first stage turbine blades.<br />

By rotating the turbine shaft, all of the first stage turbine blades<br />

can be inspected, including the blade tips and rub strips as shown in<br />

Figures 13-22, 13-23, and 13-24.<br />

With the above inspection techniques, blade surface condition as

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