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Engine Condition
Monitoring
Divergence
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Divergence
Divergence is the difference between the measured value (of a specific
engine) and the average value for all engine positions on an aircraft
Divergence
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thereisisaashift
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foraa parameter
parameter
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Divergence
Typically, divergence is calculated for 5 parameters:
Core Speed
Fuel Flow
Nacelle Temperature
DEGT
EGTHDM
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Divergence (cont)
Divergence is very useful for finding slight movement in parameters that
have excess noise in ambient condition data.
Post water wash DEGT and Fuel Flow
Nacelle temperature
[Ambient conditions cause significant variation in Nacelle Temperature. This variation
can not be reliably modeled. But the Divergence functionality removes variation due to
ambient conditions. Thus, more effective alerting can be set up.]
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Divergence (Cont)
Cruise EGT Trend
Flight DateTime DEGT#1 DEGT#2 DEGT DIV #1
Engine #2 Shift
12/15/2005 23:58 15.148 21.205 -3.028
12/16/2005 11:16 16.479 21.451 -2.486
12/17/2005 7:17 19.446 24.763 -2.659
12/17/2005 15:20 14.737 19.62 -2.442
12/17/2005 19:35 15.269 19.69 -2.211
12/18/2005 2:00 16.157 22.68 -3.261
Engine #1 Shift
Note:
Divergence Trend for Cruise EGT Divergence trends for engines on a
twin-engine aircraft are mirror images
of each other.
Divergence trends can indicate a shift,
but other data must be reviewed to
determine which engine drove the shift.
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