TURBOTRACK - RF Temperature Sensors | Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc.

TURBOTRACK – RF Temperature Sensors

Avoid multi-million dollar unexpected operations and maintenance costs with TurboTrack™

Improve gas turbine reliability by preventing common failures in blades and rotors with the insights from Sensatek’s blade assessment.

Whether your engines are facing strain during extreme weather conditions or operating in new ways they were not designed for as renewables have grown, you need trusted, high-quality data on your gas turbine blades operating conditions before your emissions and costs spiral out of control.

Our assessment provides you with:

Sensatek team’s unmatched expertise
TurboTrack system data
Blade assessment report

How TurboTrack works

Unique high-temp wireless sensing system protected by multiple patents

Place small battery-free small sensors directly to parts during outages.
Route extreme temperature rated antennas into casing.
Get precise decision-making analytics that help enhance engine performance.

The TurboTrack blade assessment report includes comprehensive data, insights, and visuals to show you the realities of your engine operations that will act as a road map to potentially save you millions of dollars.

With extensive experience in propulsion technology, our driven team of experts will come to your location to apply the TurboTrack system on your engines and personally run all the tests.

We’re proud to fit our services to your unique needs, whether that be an emergency response within 48 hours after a turbine blade failure or scheduled monitoring during planned weeks-long maintenance.

Our blade assessment report is powered by TurboTrack—the first in situ temperature and strain monitoring system.

The TurboTrack system allows you to prioritize and schedule maintenance with precision based on the parts with the highest financial risk, thanks to real-time, repeatable trend data.

With six U.S. patents fully issued, the TurboTrack system is:

Compact and battery-free
Equipped with passive wireless high-temperature ceramic sensors
Durable in all conditions
Trusted by industry-leading OEMs

TurboTrack redefines sensor accuracy, hysteresis, and sensitivity as the most accurate and continuous monitoring technology applied directly to rotating parts.

±2.7 °C average error, with a standard deviation of 0.73 °C.
95% confidence interval accuracy of ±.71 °C.
±0.71% accuracy for a 0-600C range and greater.
±0.5C sensitivity with a frequency point spacing of 200 kHz and the calibration slope of 442 kHz/°C.

Trend Turbine Blade Temperature with Sensatek

Explore Our Groundbreaking Wireless On-Blade Sensor System

In this e-book you will learn more about:

Product Overview & Specifications
Our Four Differentiators
What’s In It For Test Engineers?
Our Pilot Program

Download our e-book

The TurboTrack system is a simple series of components that can be deployed without continuously dismantling the engine, rapidly accelerating the testing process while reducing costs, and includes:

High-temperature reader antenna and cable
Embedded temperature sensor
High-speed RF transceiver options
Software and IoT option

The proof is in our success stories

Our TurboTrack system alerted an OEM and utility to extremely high blade metal temperatures within a few hours of turbine operation, resulting in a timely remedy across a fleet of 25 engines at 10 power sites.

Our team found the temperature irregularity by:

Placing small, battery-free, high-temperature wireless ceramic sensors directly on rotating blades.
Routing extreme temperature rated antennas through engine casing to communicate with sensors on the blades.
Generating a report on blade metal temperatures during gas turbine engine operation.