Monitoring flow parameters with natural expressions
AssigneeMichael L. Bolan
InventorMichael L. Bolan
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Abstract
A monitoring apparatus is disclosed that includes a.) at least one acoustic pickup, b.) a sound pressure sensor acoustically coupled to the at least one acoustic pickup, and c.) a computing device interfaced to the sound pressure sensor. The at least one acoustic pickup may be submerged in or located in proximity to flowing fluid. The sound sensor is configured to acquire sound intensity waveforms naturally generated by the flowing fluid as a source of data patterns for training the apparatus as well stimuli used to generate responses about flow conditions. The computing device is configured to quantify flow parameters of the flowing fluid from sound utterances and visual appearances intrinsically expressed by the flow using machine learning models.
Claims22
A monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a.) at least one acoustic pickup,
- b.) a sound pressure sensor acoustically coupled to the at least one acoustic pickup, and
- c.) a computing device interfaced to the sound sensor
- wherein the at least one acoustic pickup is submerged in or located in proximity to flowing fluid
- the sound sensor is configured to acquire sound intensity waveforms naturally generated by the flowing fluid as an input data source to algorithms trained by machine learning to quantify flow parameters, and
- the computing device is configured to process expressions native to the flowing fluid for the purpose of predicting flow parameters by listening to sound utterances and observing visual appearances.
An acoustic pickup comprising:
- an active air chamber configured to respond to sound pressure in a fluidic environment;
- and a sound tube connected to the active air chamber, said sound tube configured to convey sound pressure to a sound sensor, wherein the acoustic pickup is adapted to acquire the naturally generated sound utterances of a moving fluid to quantify its flow parameters, the sound tube acts as a tether between the sound sensor and the acoustic pickup, and a targeted fluid surrounds at least a portion of the active air chamber.
An acoustic pickup comprising:
- a permeable fairing and a sound tube, wherein the fairing has a chamber, the sound tube has a sealed connection to active air of the chamber, the sound tube is configured to convey sound to a sound pressure sensor, the acoustic pickup is adapted to acquire the naturally generated sound utterances of a moving fluid to quantify its flow parameters, the sound tube acts as a tether between the sound sensor and the acoustic pickup to structurally support the pickup, and a targeted fluid surrounds at least a portion of the permeable fairing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.