System and method for detection and control of the deposition of flow restricting substances

A system, comprising:

• a pipeline network formed from pipes having interior wall surfaces;
• a fluid flowing through the pipeline network and having an ingredient that deposits on the interior wall surfaces at a base rate range;
• a detection system interposed in the pipeline network and having two or more flow paths extending therethrough in a parallel flow relationship, the flow paths comprising:
• a first fluid path;
• and
• a second fluid path having interior walls defining an environment, in which the environment is characterized by packed particles that are interposed within the second fluid path and cause the fluid ingredient to deposit at a rate greater than the base rate range;
• the detection system further comprising:
• a sensor exposed to the second fluid path and responsive to the deposition of the ingredient on the interior walls of the second fluid path.

A system, comprising:

• a pipeline network formed from pipes having interior wall surfaces;
• a fluid flowing through the pipeline network and having an ingredient that deposits on the interior wall surfaces at a base rate range;
• a detection system interposed in the pipeline network and having two or more flow paths extending therethrough in a parallel flow relationship, the flow paths comprising:
• a first fluid path;
• a second fluid path having interior walls defining an environment in which the fluid ingredient deposits on the interior walls of the second fluid path at a rate greater than the base rate range;
• and
• a third fluid path in a parallel flow relationship to the second fluid path and having interior walls defining an environment in which the fluid ingredient deposits on the interior walls of the third fluid path at a rate greater than the base rate range;
• the detection system further comprising:
• a sensor exposed to the second fluid path and responsive to the deposition of the ingredient on the interior walls of the second fluid path.