Turbine inspection system, computer program product and method of inspecting

1. A system comprising:

at least one computing device configured to inspect a turbine system by performing actions including:

obtaining a set of pre-maintenance digital images of the turbine system;

obtaining a set of post-maintenance digital images of the turbine system, the post-maintenance digital images depicting the turbine system after a maintenance process has been performed on the turbine system;

comparing the set of pre-maintenance digital images with the set of post-maintenance digital images to identify an anomaly in the set of post-maintenance digital images; and

comparing the set of post-maintenance digital images with a set of computer modeled images of the turbine system to determine a type of the anomaly in response to identifying the anomaly.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the set of pre-maintenance digital images is performed by capturing the set of pre-maintenance digital images using an industrial camera, and

wherein the obtaining of the set of post-maintenance digital images is performed by capturing the set of post-maintenance digital images using the industrial camera.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computing device further performs actions including:

retrieving the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system from a library of a plurality of computer modeled images for a plurality of distinct turbine systems.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system includes a computer modeled image for all components in the turbine system.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the type of the anomaly includes at least one of:

identifying an unknown component not included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system and included in the set of post-maintenance digital images,

identifying a displaced component included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system and missing from the set of post-maintenance digital images, or

identifying a misaligned component included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system in a first alignment and included in the set of post-maintenance digital images in a second alignment, distinct from the first alignment.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the type of the anomaly is associated with a pre-determined severity level.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one computing device further performs actions including:

providing an indicator based on the pre-determined severity level in response to the determining of the type of the anomaly.

8. A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for inspecting a turbine system, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code for causing the computer system to:

obtain a set of pre-maintenance digital images of the turbine system;

obtain a set of post-maintenance digital images of the turbine system, the post-maintenance digital images depicting the turbine system after a maintenance process has been performed on the turbine system;

compare the set of pre-maintenance digital images with the set of post-maintenance digital images to identify an anomaly in the set of post-maintenance digital images; and

compare the set of post-maintenance digital image with a set of computer modeled images of the turbine system to determine a type of the anomaly in response to identifying the anomaly.

9. The program product of claim 8 , further comprising program code for causing the computer system to:

retrieve the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system from a library of a plurality of computer modeled images for a plurality of distinct turbine systems.

10. The program product of claim 8 , wherein the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system includes a computer modeled image for all components in the turbine system.

11. The program product of claim 8 , wherein the determining of the type of the anomaly includes at least one of:

identifying an unknown component not included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system and included in the set of post-maintenance digital images,

identifying a displaced component included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system and missing from the set of post-maintenance digital images, or

identifying a misaligned component included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system in a first alignment and included in the set of post-maintenance digital images in a second alignment, distinct from the first alignment.

12. The program product of claim 8 , wherein the type of the anomaly is associated with a pre-determined severity level.

13. The program product of claim 12 , further comprising program code for causing the computer system to:

provide an indicator based on the pre-determined severity level in response to the determining of the type of the anomaly.

14. A method of inspecting a turbine system, the method comprising:

obtaining a set of pre-maintenance digital images of the turbine system;

obtaining a set of post-maintenance digital images of the turbine system, the post-maintenance digital images depicting the turbine system after a maintenance process has been performed on the turbine system;

comparing the set of pre-maintenance digital images with the set of post-maintenance digital images to identify an anomaly in the set of post-maintenance digital images; and

comparing the set of post-maintenance digital image with a set of computer modeled images of the turbine system to determine a type of the anomaly in response to identifying the anomaly.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the obtaining of the set of pre-maintenance digital images is performed by capturing the set of pre-maintenance digital images using an industrial camera, and

wherein the obtaining of the set of post-maintenance digital images is performed by capturing the set of post-maintenance digital images using the industrial camera.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

retrieving the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system from a library of a plurality of computer modeled images for a plurality of distinct turbine systems.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system includes a computer modeled image for all components in the turbine system.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determining of the type of the anomaly includes at least one of:

identifying an unknown component not included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system and included in the set of post-maintenance digital images,

identifying a displaced component included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system and missing from the set of post-maintenance digital images, or

identifying a misaligned component included in the set of computer modeled images of the turbine system in a first alignment and included in the set of post-maintenance digital images in a second alignment, distinct from the first alignment.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the type of the anomaly is associated with a pre-determined severity level.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

providing an indicator based on the pre-determined severity level in response to the determining of the type of the anomaly.