Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are described that relate to the monitoring of various types of components in pressurized systems. These may include batteryless monitors that run on power harvested from their environments, systems for acquiring monitor data for the components of a pressurized system, and/or techniques for processing monitor data to determine the status of the components and/or the system.
Abstract:
Изобретение может быть использовано для контроля рационального использования пара в теплообменниках. Способ мониторинга состояния конденсатоотводчика включает измерение температуры греющего пара, давления греющего пара, температуры стенки конденсатопровода и давления в конденсатопроводе, дополнительно определяют массовый расход греющего пара и диаметр конденсатопровода, затем по величине массового расхода греющего пара сначала вычисляют коэффициент теплоотдачи от пролетного пара к стенке конденсатопровода, а потом вычисляют коэффициент теплоотдачи от конденсата к стенке конденсатопровода, после этого исходя из данных о давлении в конденсатопроводе вычисляют соответствующую этому давлению температуру насыщения, далее, используя отношение величины коэффициента теплоотдачи от конденсата к стенке конденсатопровода к величине коэффициента теплоотдачи от пролетного пара к стенке конденсатопровода и данные о температуре греющего пара, поступающего в теплообменник, температуре насыщения, соответствующей давлению в конденсатопроводе, и температуре стенки конденсатопровода, вычисляют эффективность конденсатоотводчика по уравнениям теплового баланса.
Abstract:
A steam trap monitor (230) includes a process variable sensor (232) configured to sense a process variable related to operation of a steam trap (100). A memory (238) contains information related to a baseline parameter of the process variable. Diagnostic circuitry (236) calculates a current parameter of the process variable sensed by the process variable sensor (232) and compares the current parameter of the process variable with the baseline parameter. Based on the comparison, the diagnostic circuitry (236) responsively provides a diagnostic output based upon the comparison. The baseline and current parameter are based on a time period during which the steam trap (100) is open or closed.
Abstract:
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring the temperature of a body, said apparatus comprising a housing defining a volume of air exposed to said body, a temperature sensor being located within said volume of air at a position remote from said body whereby the temperature of the body can be determined from the output of the temperature sensor. In one embodiment said housing defines a substantially vertically arranged flue exposed at its lower end to said body, said temperature sensor being located within said flue, at least one air inlet being provided in said flue at a position below said temperature sensor, at least one air outlet being provided in said flue at a position above said temperature sensor, whereby said body, when heated, may initiate a rising column of air within the flue due to convection when the temperature of the body is greater than the ambient temperature, said temperature sensor being exposed to said rising column of air.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an apparatus for detecting hydraulic shock events in a fluid system, the apparatus comprising a vibration sensor operable to output a vibration sensor signal indicative of sensed vibrations of one or more components of the fluid system, and a processing unit configured to: obtain a vibration velocity signal from the vibration sensor signal, the vibration velocity signal being indicative of a vibration velocity of the one or more components of the fluid system; detect one or more peaks in the vibration velocity signal; and classify one or more of the detected peaks as a hydraulic shock event.
Abstract:
Monitors for pressurized systems are claimed. They can be batteryless and run on power harvested from their environments. The monitor (200) is a sensor system and includes a first temperature sensor (222) configured to generate a first sensing signal representing a first temperature of a first system component at a first location, a power source (202/204), sensor circuitry configured to generate sensor data based on the first sensing signal, one or more heat dissipation components, a first mounting component. The temperature sensor, the power source, the sensor circuitry, the one or more heat dissipation components, and the first mounting component are combined in a first integrated assembly configured for mounting on the first system component at the first location using the first mounting component. The first integrated assembly is constructed such that a second temperature of the sensor circuitry remains within the thermal rating over an expected range of the first temperature.