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1.发明授权Apparatus and method of lensing an ultrasonic beam for an ultrasonic flow meter 有权用于超声波流量计的超声波束透镜的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US07673526B2
公开(公告)日：2010-03-09
申请号：US11931214
申请日：2007-10-31
IPC分类号： G01F1/66
CPC分类号： G01F1/74 , G01F1/666 , G01F1/667 , G01F1/7082
摘要： A method for sensing flow within a pipe having an internal passage disposed between a first wall portion and a second wall portion is provided, comprising the steps of: 1) providing a flow meter having at least one ultrasonic sensor unit that includes an ultrasonic transmitter attached to the first wall portion and an ultrasonic receiver attached to the second wall portion and aligned to receive ultrasonic signals transmitted from the transmitter; 2) selectively operating the ultrasonic transmitter to transmit a beam of ultrasonic signal, which beam has a focal point such that within the pipe, the beam is either colliminated, divergent or convergent; and 3) receiving the ultrasonic signals within the beam using the ultrasonic receiver. An apparatus operable to perform the aforesaid method is also provided.
摘要翻译： 一种用于感测管内具有设置在第一壁部分和第二壁部分之间的内部通道的流动的方法，包括以下步骤：1）提供具有至少一个超声波传感器单元的流量计，所述超声波传感器单元包括附接的超声波发射器 连接到所述第一壁部分和附接到所述第二壁部分并被对准以接收从所述发射器发送的超声波信号的超声波接收器; 2）选择性地操作超声波发射器以发射超声波信号束，所述超声波信号束具有聚焦点，使得在所述管道内，所述光束被准直，发散或收敛; 和3）使用超声波接收器在波束内接收超声波信号。 还提供了可操作以执行上述方法的装置。
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2.发明申请Apparatus and method for attenuating acoustic waves in propagating within a pipe wall 有权用于衰减在管壁内传播的声波的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US20090025487A1
公开(公告)日：2009-01-29
申请号：US11881477
申请日：2007-07-27
CPC分类号： G01F1/7082 , G01F1/662 , G01F1/666 , G01F1/74
摘要： A method and apparatus for damping an ultrasonic signal propagating in the wall of a pipe, the apparatus including at least one damping structure for securing at least one sensor to the wall of the pipe, wherein the at least one sensor includes a transmitter component and a receiver component for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic signal, wherein the at least one damping structure is associated with the outer wall of the pipe for damping the ultrasonic signal propagating within the wall of the pipe and a processor that defines a convective ridge in the k-ω plane in response to the ultrasonic signals, and determines the slope of at least a portion of the convective ridge to determine the flow velocity of the fluid.
摘要翻译： 一种用于阻尼在管壁传播的超声信号的方法和装置，所述装置包括用于将至少一个传感器固定在管壁上的至少一个阻尼结构，其中所述至少一个传感器包括发射器部件和 用于发送和接收超声波信号的接收器部件，其中所述至少一个阻尼结构与所述管的外壁相关联，用于阻尼在所述管道的壁内传播的超声波信号，以及处理器，其限定所述k- ω-plane，并且确定对流脊的至少一部分的斜率以确定流体的流速。
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3.发明申请Apparatus and Method for Attenuating Acoustic Waves In Pipe Walls for Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flow Meter 有权用于钳位超声波流量计管道壁中衰减声波的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US20080098818A1
公开(公告)日：2008-05-01
申请号：US11926757
申请日：2007-10-29
IPC分类号： G01N29/032
CPC分类号： G01N29/222 , G01F1/7082 , G01F1/712 , G01N2291/02836 , G01N2291/0421 , G01N2291/0422 , G01N2291/048
摘要： An apparatus is presented for damping an undesired component of an ultrasonic signal. The apparatus includes a sensor affixed to a pipe. The sensor includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitted ultrasonic signal includes a structural component propagating through the pipe and a fluid component propagating through a flow in the pipe. The receiver receives one of the transmitted components. The apparatus includes a damping structure. The damping structure dampens the structural component of the ultrasonic signal to impede propagation of the structural component to the receiver. The damping structure includes one of a housing secured to the pipe to modify ultrasonic vibrational characteristics thereof, a plurality of film assemblies including a tunable circuit to attenuate structural vibration of the pipe, and a plurality of blocks affixed to the pipe to either reflect or propagates through the blocks, the undesired structural component of the ultrasonic signal.
摘要翻译： 提出了一种用于阻尼超声信号的不期望分量的装置。 该装置包括固定在管道上的传感器。 传感器包括发射器和接收器。 传输的超声信号包括通过管传播的结构部件和通过管中的流传播的流体部件。 接收器接收发送的组件之一。 该装置包括阻尼结构。 阻尼结构抑制超声波信号的结构部件，以阻止结构部件传播到接收器。 所述阻尼结构包括固定到所述管道以改变其超声波振动特性的壳体中的一个，包括用于衰减所述管道的结构振动的可调谐电路的多个膜组件以及固定到所述管道上以反射或传播的多个块 通过块，超声信号的不期望的结构分量。
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4.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20080098824A1
公开(公告)日：2008-05-01
申请号：US11931214
申请日：2007-10-31
申请人： Timothy J. Bailey , Mark Fernald , Changjiu Dang
发明人： Timothy J. Bailey , Mark Fernald , Changjiu Dang
IPC分类号： G01F1/66
CPC分类号： G01F1/74 , G01F1/666 , G01F1/667 , G01F1/7082
摘要： A method for sensing flow within a pipe having an internal passage disposed between a first wall portion and a second wall portion is provided, comprising the steps of: 1) providing a flow meter having at least one ultrasonic sensor unit that includes an ultrasonic transmitter attached to the first wall portion and an ultrasonic receiver attached to the second wall portion and aligned to receive ultrasonic signals transmitted from the transmitter; 2) selectively operating the ultrasonic transmitter to transmit a beam of ultrasonic signal, which beam has a focal point such that within the pipe, the beam is either colliminated, divergent or convergent; and 3) receiving the ultrasonic signals within the beam using the ultrasonic receiver. An apparatus operable to perform the aforesaid method is also provided.
摘要翻译： 一种用于感测管内具有设置在第一壁部分和第二壁部分之间的内部通道的流动的方法，包括以下步骤：1）提供具有至少一个超声波传感器单元的流量计，所述超声波传感器单元包括附接的超声波发射器 连接到所述第一壁部分和附接到所述第二壁部分并被对准以接收从所述发射器发送的超声波信号的超声波接收器; 2）选择性地操作超声波发射器以发射超声波信号束，所述超声波信号束具有聚焦点，使得在所述管道内，所述光束被准直，发散或收敛; 和3）使用超声波接收器在波束内接收超声波信号。 还提供了可操作以执行上述方法的装置。
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5.发明授权Apparatus and method for attenuating acoustic waves in pipe walls for clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter 有权用于钳位超声波流量计的管壁衰减声波的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US07624651B2
公开(公告)日：2009-12-01
申请号：US11926757
申请日：2007-10-29
IPC分类号： G01F1/66
CPC分类号： G01N29/222 , G01F1/7082 , G01F1/712 , G01N2291/02836 , G01N2291/0421 , G01N2291/0422 , G01N2291/048
摘要： An apparatus is presented for damping an undesired component of an ultrasonic signal. The apparatus includes a sensor affixed to a pipe. The sensor includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitted ultrasonic signal includes a structural component propagating through the pipe and a fluid component propagating through a flow in the pipe. The receiver receives one of the transmitted components. The apparatus includes a damping structure. The damping structure dampens the structural component of the ultrasonic signal to impede propagation of the structural component to the receiver. The damping structure includes one of a housing secured to the pipe to modify ultrasonic vibrational characteristics thereof, a plurality of film assemblies including a tunable circuit to attenuate structural vibration of the pipe, and a plurality of blocks affixed to the pipe to either reflect or propagates through the blocks, the undesired structural component of the ultrasonic signal.
摘要翻译： 提出了一种用于阻尼超声信号的不期望分量的装置。 该装置包括固定在管道上的传感器。 传感器包括发射器和接收器。 传输的超声信号包括通过管传播的结构部件和通过管中的流传播的流体部件。 接收器接收发送的组件之一。 该装置包括阻尼结构。 阻尼结构抑制超声波信号的结构部件，以阻止结构部件传播到接收器。 所述阻尼结构包括固定到所述管道以改变其超声波振动特性的壳体中的一个，包括用于衰减所述管道的结构振动的可调谐电路的多个膜组件以及固定到所述管道上以反射或传播的多个块 通过块，超声信号的不期望的结构分量。
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6.发明授权Apparatus and method for attenuating acoustic waves propagating within a pipe wall 有权用于衰减在管壁内传播的声波的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US07624650B2
公开(公告)日：2009-12-01
申请号：US11881477
申请日：2007-07-27
IPC分类号： G01F1/66
CPC分类号： G01F1/7082 , G01F1/662 , G01F1/666 , G01F1/74
摘要： A method and apparatus for damping an ultrasonic signal propagating in the wall of a pipe, the apparatus including at least one damping structure for securing at least one sensor to the wall of the pipe, wherein the at least one sensor includes a transmitter component and a receiver component for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic signal, wherein the at least one damping structure is associated with the outer wall of the pipe for damping the ultrasonic signal propagating within the wall of the pipe and a processor that defines a convective ridge in the k-ω plane in response to the ultrasonic signals, and determines the slope of at least a portion of the convective ridge to determine the flow velocity of the fluid.
摘要翻译： 一种用于阻尼在管壁传播的超声信号的方法和装置，所述装置包括用于将至少一个传感器固定在管壁上的至少一个阻尼结构，其中所述至少一个传感器包括发射器部件和 用于发送和接收超声波信号的接收器部件，其中所述至少一个阻尼结构与所述管的外壁相关联，用于阻尼在所述管道的壁内传播的超声波信号，以及处理器，其限定所述k- ω-plane，并且确定对流脊的至少一部分的斜率以确定流体的流速。
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7.发明授权Flow and pipe management using velocity profile measurement and/or pipe wall thickness and wear monitoring 有权流量和管道管理使用速度曲线测量和/或管壁厚度和磨损监测公开(公告)号：US09404893B2
公开(公告)日：2016-08-02
申请号：US12922261
申请日：2009-03-16
申请人： Christian O'Keefe , Robert J. Maron , Mark R. Fernald , Timothy J. Bailey , Alex Van der Spek , Michael A. Davis , John V. Viega
发明人： Christian O'Keefe , Robert J. Maron , Mark R. Fernald , Timothy J. Bailey , Alex Van der Spek , Michael A. Davis , John V. Viega
CPC分类号： G01N29/04 , G01B17/02 , G01N29/2437
摘要： The present invention provides new techniques for non-invasive and real-time measurement of the velocity profile of slurry flow in horizontal pipes, as well as the measurement and trending of pipe wear on slurry lines. In the first case, this information can be used to determine the approach and onset of solid deposition on the bottom of the pipe. Having this information in real time can enable operation at lower velocities or higher solids concentration or both while avoiding solids deposition or plugging and their associated operational costs. In the second case, the present invention uses a permanently or semi-permanently installed ring of conformable ultrasonic transducers clamped onto the outside of the pipe. These transducers are used to measure the thickness of the pipe under their respective locations.
摘要翻译： 本发明提供了用于非侵入式和实时测量水平管道中浆料流速度分布的新技术，以及浆料管线上管道磨损的测量和趋势。 在第一种情况下，该信息可用于确定管道底部固体沉积的方法和开始。 实时获得这些信息可以使运行速度更低，固体浓度更高，同时避免固体沉积或堵塞及其相关的运营成本。 在第二种情况下，本发明使用永久地或半永久地安装的适配超声波换能器的环夹在管的外部。 这些传感器用于测量管道在各自位置下的厚度。
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8.发明授权Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a fluid flowing within a pipe having a sensing device with multiple sensor segments 有权用于测量在具有多个传感器段的感测装置的管道内流动的流体参数的方法和装置公开(公告)号：US07673524B2
公开(公告)日：2010-03-09
申请号：US11494833
申请日：2006-07-28
申请人： Timothy J. Bailey , Mark Fernald
发明人： Timothy J. Bailey , Mark Fernald
IPC分类号： G01F1/60
摘要： A method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a fluid flowing within a pipe is provided and includes at least one sensing device. The at least one sensing device includes a first sensor segment having a first segment polarity and being associated with a first outer portion of the pipe and a second sensor segment having a second segment polarity and being associated with a second outer portion of the pipe, wherein the first sensor segment and the second sensor segment generate sensor data responsive to the fluid flowing within the pipe. The apparatus further includes a processing device communicated with the at least one sensing device, wherein the processing device receives the sensor data and processes the sensor data to determine the at least one characteristic of the fluid.
摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于确定在管内流动的流体的至少一种特性的方法和装置，并且包括至少一个感测装置。 所述至少一个感测装置包括具有第一段极性并与管的第一外部部分相关联的第一传感器段和具有第二段极性并与管的第二外部部分相关联的第二传感器段，其中 第一传感器段和第二传感器段响应于在管内流动的流体产生传感器数据。 所述装置还包括与所述至少一个感测装置通信的处理装置，其中所述处理装置接收所述传感器数据并处理所述传感器数据以确定所述流体的所述至少一个特性。
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公开(公告)号：US09810665B2
公开(公告)日：2017-11-07
申请号：US13983409
申请日：2012-02-06
申请人： Mark R. Fernald , Timothy J. Bailey
发明人： Mark R. Fernald , Timothy J. Bailey
IPC分类号： G01N29/036 , B01D21/28 , B01D21/34 , H04R23/00 , G01N15/14
CPC分类号： G01N29/036 , B01D21/283 , B01D21/34 , G01N2015/142 , H04R23/00
摘要： Apparatus is provided featuring an acoustic driver and a transducer. The acoustic driver is configured to provide an acoustic driver signal having a frequency that can be adjusted to yield a given wavelength, which in turn, will selectively capture a particular particle size of particles in a fluid, mixture or process flow. The transducer is configured to respond to the acoustic driver signal and provide an acoustic signal having a standing wave at the frequency in order to yield the given wavelength that will selectively capture the particular particle size of the particles in the fluid, mixture or process flow, in order to determine the mass of the particles having the particular particle size in the fluid, mixture or process flow.
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公开(公告)号：US09062682B2
公开(公告)日：2015-06-23
申请号：US12992927
申请日：2009-05-20
申请人： Douglas H. Loose , Christian Victor O'Keefe , Robert J. Maron , Joseph L. Poplawski , Michael A. Davis , Mark R. Fernald , Timothy J. Bailey
发明人： Douglas H. Loose , Christian Victor O'Keefe , Robert J. Maron , Joseph L. Poplawski , Michael A. Davis , Mark R. Fernald , Timothy J. Bailey
CPC分类号： F04D15/0088 , G01H1/00 , G01N29/14
摘要： The present invention provides a processor or signal processing module that features one or more modules configured to receive an input signal containing information about the unsteady pressures or acoustic emissions caused by a medium flowing through a pump, and also configured to provide of an output signal containing information about the performance of the pump. The information about the performance of the pump may include information about pump performance monitoring by a slip flow measurement, about predicting impeller wear, about pump impeller cavitation monitoring, about pump monitoring through acoustic emissions, about pump leak detection, about pump efficiency monitoring and about positive displacement pump monitoring.
摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种处理器或信号处理模块，其特征在于一个或多个模块，其被配置为接收包含由流经泵的介质引起的不稳定压力或声发射的信息的输入信号，并且还被配置为提供包含 有关泵的性能的信息。 关于泵的性能的信息可以包括关于通过滑流测量的泵性能监测的信息，关于预测叶轮磨损，关于泵叶轮空化监测，关于通过声发射的泵监测，关于泵泄漏检测，关于泵效率监测和关于 正排量泵监测。
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