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Method and apparatus for locating seepage from tanks

US5341670A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 1993
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M3/24
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for locating leak from a tank containing a fluid using acoustic signals by adaptively correlating the phase of the acoustic signals to determine a first set of possible leak locations and subsequently correlating acoustic signals from a second set of locations on the tank to determine a second set of possible leak locations and converging the first and second set of possible leak locations to determine the location of the leak.

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