Method to detect and characterize contaminants in pipes and ducts with interactive tracers
US7389706B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/13
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for detecting, locating, and quantifying contamination in a fluid flow system like a pipe or duct. This characterization technique uses a conservative and one or more interactive tracers that are injected into the fluid flow system and then monitored at another location in the system. Detection, location, and quantification are accomplished by analysis of the characteristic features of measured curves of tracer concentration.
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