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- Patent Title: Multi-probe system for measuring height of fluid in pipes with steady-state and turbulent flow conditions
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Application No.: US15957495Application Date: 2018-04-19
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Publication No.: US10578480B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Yoseph Bar-Cohen , Shyh-Shiuh Lih , Hyeong Jae Lee , Mircea Badescu
- Applicant: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agency: Steinfl + Bruno LLP
- Main IPC: G01F23/296
- IPC: G01F23/296

Abstract:
A multi-probe system for real-time measurement of a fluid level in a pipe with steady-state and turbulent flow conditions is presented. The multi-probe system includes a plurality of multiplexed transducers attached in a non-destructive fashion to walls of the pipe. Multiplexing of the transducers activate and deactivate the transducers in sequence to generate independent pairs of transmit and receive wave signals through the pipe. Each transmit and receive signal pair can be used to independently establish a time-of-flight from the transducer and back to the transducer as reflected by a surface of the fluid. The transducers can be arranged as longitudinal and/or circumferential arrays on the walls of the pipe. An algorithm that determines the time-of-flight eliminates received signals having an energy level lower than or equal to a predefined minimum energy level and eliminates any time-of-flight that is shorter than a minimum threshold time.
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