公开(公告)号：US20240345034A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18424032

申请日：2024-01-26

申请人： James W. Haywood ,  Mike Hollingshaus ,  Mark Amato ,  W. Davis Lee

发明人： James W. Haywood ,  Mike Hollingshaus ,  Mark Amato ,  W. Davis Lee

IPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N29/22 ,  G01N29/265

CPC分类号： G01N29/2481 ,  G01N29/223 ,  G01N29/225 ,  G01N29/2437 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N2291/02854 ,  G01N2291/0289 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01N2291/2634

摘要： The invention comprises a method and apparatus for sensing state of a heat exchanger, comprising the steps of: providing the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger comprising a set of heat exchange pipes at least partially inserted into a housing of the heat exchanger; providing a heat exchange state model; detecting first signals passing through a first portion of the heat exchanger with a first ultrasonic sensor; detecting second signals passing through a second portion of the heat exchanger with a second ultrasonic sensor; and at least one of the steps of: (1) training the heat exchange state model with the first signals and the second signals; and (2) receiving output from the heat exchange state model, the heat exchanger state model previously trained with the first signals and the second signals.

公开(公告)号：US20240329007A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18422711

申请日：2024-01-25

申请人： James W. Haywood ,  Mike Hollingshaus ,  Mark Amato ,  W. Davis Lee

发明人： James W. Haywood ,  Mike Hollingshaus ,  Mark Amato ,  W. Davis Lee

IPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N29/22 ,  G01N29/265

CPC分类号： G01N29/2481 ,  G01N29/223 ,  G01N29/225 ,  G01N29/2437 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N2291/02854 ,  G01N2291/0289 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01N2291/2634

摘要： The invention comprises a method and apparatus for cleaning a heat exchanger, comprising the steps of: providing the first heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger comprising a set of heat exchange pipes at least partially inserted into the first heat exchanger; inserting a blasting lance in a first pipe of the set of heat exchange pipes, the blasting lance comprising: a front end and a set of ultrasonic sensors; spraying a cleaning fluid forward into the first pipe from a front end of the blasting lance; and emitting a force wave from a first ultrasonic sensor physically directly connected to the blasting lance and optionally sensing an imperfection in a second pipe of the set of heat exchange pipes with the first ultrasonic sensor while the blasting lance is at least partially inserted into the first pipe of the heat exchange pipes.