Device and method for detecting deposits

US9176044B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KSB Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Franz Bosbach · Frankenthal, DE
• Dieter Hanewald · Bischofswerda, DE
• Dieter-Heinz Hellmann · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Ulrich Stecker · Mannheim, DE
• Sven Urschel · Eisenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N25/18
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device and a method for detecting deposits (9) on walls (2) that are covered by a medium, in which as sensor (1) is integrated in the wall (2). A component (3) of the sensor (1) locally heats the medium in a region (4), and the temperature of the medium around the component (3) is detected. The sensor (1) relays temperature measurement signals to an analysis unit (8), where the degree of deposit formation is determined, e.g., by comparison with stored reference data.