METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING DEPOSITS IN A VESSEL
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    发明申请
    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING DEPOSITS IN A VESSEL 有权
    用于检测船舶沉积物的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140294040A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-02

    申请号:US14226929

    申请日:2014-03-27

    IPC分类号: G01K3/10 G01K11/32

    CPC分类号: G01K11/32

    摘要: Systems and methods for detecting a deposit in a vessel with a sensing cable including an optical fiber sensor array aligned with a heating element disposed in the vessel. An excitation source is configured to propagate at least one heat pulse through the heating element along at least a portion of the sensing cable to affect an exchange of thermal energy between the heating element and media exposed to the sensing cable. An optical signal interrogator is adapted to receive a signal from a plurality of sensor locations and configured to measure, a temperature profile corresponding to the heat pulse at the sensor locations. A control unit is configured to detect a deposit by determining one or more properties of the one or more media exposed to the sensing cable at each of the plurality of sensor locations based on the temperature profile corresponding thereto.

    摘要翻译: 用于使用感测电缆检测容器中的沉积物的系统和方法,所述感测电缆包括与设置在容器中的加热元件对准的光纤传感器阵列。 激励源被配置为沿着感测电缆的至少一部分传播至少一个加热脉冲通过加热元件,以影响加热元件和暴露于感测电缆的介质之间的热能交换。 光信号询问器适于接收来自多个传感器位置的信号并且被配置为测量对应于传感器位置处的加热脉冲的温度曲线。 控制单元被配置为基于与其对应的温度曲线,通过确定在多个传感器位置中的每一个处暴露于感测电缆的一个或多个介质的一个或多个介质来检测沉积物。