CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING DEVICE AND CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230134944A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17918142

    申请日:2021-02-16

    申请人: Hitachi, Ltd.

    IPC分类号: G01N17/04 G01N17/00

    摘要: A corrosive environment monitoring device that suppresses a decline in measurement precision in an initial period of monitoring the corrosivity of an environment and measures the corrosivity of the environment continuously and with high precision over a long period of time. The corrosive environment monitoring device includes: a layered body having an insulating plate, a base metal thin film that is formed on the insulating plate and is corrosion resistant with respect to a corrosive substance, and a sensing metal thin film that is formed on the base metal thin film and is corrosion susceptible with respect to the corrosive substance; and a housing that encloses the layered body, has an opening oriented in a side face direction, and forms a gas passage inside for the corrosive substance, wherein the sensing metal thin film is formed in a limited region on the base metal thin film.

    OPTICAL PLASTIC FILM, AND OPTICAL LAMINATE, POLARIZATION PLATE, AND IMAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230126652A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17907433

    申请日:2021-03-30

    IPC分类号: G02F1/1335 G01N17/00

    摘要: The present disclosure addresses the problem of providing an optical plastic film such that rainbow unevenness when viewed with naked eyes and blackout when viewed with polarized sunglasses can be suppressed without any axis alignment or increase in the in-plane phase difference. Disclosed is an optical plastic film satisfying the following conditions 1 and 2: when a large sample with a size of 200 mm×300 mm is cut out from a plastic film, the large sample is divided into 30 small samples of 40 mm×50 mm, a region of 30 mm×40 mm obtained by excluding 5 mm from each edge of each small sample is subdivided into 47,000 or more regions, and an in-plane phase difference of each subdivided region is then measured, a percentage of small samples in which an average of the in-plane phase difference of each region measured is 50 nm or more and 1,200 nm or less, among the 30 small samples is 50% or more; and when the 30 small samples are processed in the same manner as in condition 1 and an angle of slow axis of each subdivided region of each small sample is measured, a percentage of small samples in which a standard deviation a calculated from the angle of slow axis of each region measured is 0.8 degrees or more, among the 30 small samples is 50% or more.

    Method and Apparatus for Real-Teim Direct Surface Fouling and Scale Monitoring of Heat Transfer Surfaces

    公开(公告)号:US20230119268A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17914346

    申请日:2020-03-25

    IPC分类号: G01N17/00 F28F19/00

    摘要: A heat transfer surface monitoring (HTSM) system and cell for direct detection and monitoring of fouling, scaling, corrosion, and pitting of heat transfer surfaces. The system has a heat transfer plate (HTP) that has a heat transfer monitoring surface (HTMS). The system also includes an edge-lit light guide and light source to illuminate the HTMS, a fluid flow channel module, a heating/cooling module, a surface imaging module to view the HTMS, and a system controller. The environment is controlled to mimic the environment within heat exchange equipment, which are indicative of the changes inside heat exchange equipment. Output of signals relating to the HTMS are used as a guide mitigate problems related to the monitored heat exchange equipment. The system can also use a heat exchanger cylindrical tube with slit light guides along the tube, and the surface imaging module views the inner surface of the heat exchanger cylindrical tube.

    Systems, apparatuses, and methods for measuring submerged surfaces

    公开(公告)号:US11619598B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17572589

    申请日:2022-01-10

    申请人: DELTA SUBSEA, LLC

    摘要: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for measuring submerged surfaces. Embodiments include a measurement apparatus including a main frame, a source positioned outside a pipe and connected to the main frame, and a detector positioned outside the pipe at a location diametrically opposite the source and connected to the main frame. The source may transmit a first amount of radiation. The detector may receive a second amount of radiation, determine a composition of the pipe based on the first and second amounts of radiation, and send at least one measurement signal. A control canister positioned on the main frame or on a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) attached to the apparatus may receive the at least one measurement signal from the detector and convey the at least one measurement signal to software located topside.

    Sensing system for detecting machine fluid degradation

    公开(公告)号:US11612841B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17351503

    申请日:2021-06-18

    申请人: Caterpillar Inc.

    摘要: A sensing system for detecting degradation of a machine fluid is disclosed. The sensing system may comprise a tag having electrical contacts. The tag may be configured to transmit a wireless signal when the electrical contacts are in electrical communication. The sensing system may further comprise a dissolvable element separating the electrical contacts and obstructing electrical communication between the electrical contacts. The dissolvable element may be configured to dissolve and allow electrical communication between the electrical contacts when an acid content of the machine fluid reaches a level indicative of the degradation of the machine fluid.

    Alternating current interference corrosion detector

    公开(公告)号:US11598714B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17833722

    申请日:2022-06-06

    申请人: MATERGENICS, INC.

    IPC分类号: G01N17/04 G01N17/00

    摘要: A non-destructive testing apparatus generates an electric current in a test coupon that is adjacent to the metallic structure. The non-destructive testing apparatus measures the electric current to produce at least one electric current measurement. The non-destructive testing apparatus correlates the at least one electric current measurement with the quantity of a predetermined iron oxide in the test coupon to determine a proxy for the degree of alternating current interference corrosion in the metallic structure.

    Test fixture and method for use
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11592387B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US16779624

    申请日:2020-02-02

    IPC分类号: G01N17/00

    摘要: A method for testing physical properties of a material includes inserting coherent light into a waveguide such that the coherent light exits the waveguide at an end of the waveguide that is embedded within the material, thereby causing the coherent light to interact with the material. The method also includes detecting a reaction of the material to the coherent light.

    Detection of Corrosion Under Paint and Other Coatings Using Microwave Reflectometry

    公开(公告)号:US20230012228A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17728225

    申请日:2022-04-25

    IPC分类号: G01N17/00 G01N22/02

    摘要: A test system for detecting corrosion under a coating on a structure, the coating being transmissive to microwaves and the surface being reflective to microwaves. A microwave generator generates microwaves of a desired power and frequency, which are delivered to a test head that both transmits the microwaves to the surface and receives the microwaves as reflected from the structure. A corrosion detection processor measures the phase and amplitude of the reflected signal, and compares measurement data to reference data to determine if corrosion under the coating is indicated.