Sensor
AssigneePalliser Industries, Inc.
InventorsLen P. Hughes, Alejandro JJuan
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Abstract
A sensor assembly for detecting material loss of a vessel transporting flowing media, the sensor assembly having at least one sensor positioned between a pair of annular plates such that the radially innermost surface of the sensor is in open communication with the flowing media. A series of parallel resistors spaced along the sensor and transmit a signal. As the material of the annular plates is worn away by corrosion and/or erosion, the outermost resistor becomes exposed to the flowing media and breaks the circuit as to that resistor, thus changing the signal.
Claims13
A sensor assembly for detecting material loss of a vessel transporting flowing media comprising:
- at least one sensor positioned between a plurality of annular plates;
- said at least one sensor having a radially innermost edge, a radially outermost edge, and a plurality of parallel resistors spaced along said sensor;
- at least one wire attached to the radially outermost edge of said sensor;
- said sensor operative to transmit a signal, said signal changing when said flowing media breaks at least one of said resistors.
A method of detecting material loss of a pipe within a pipeline transporting flowing media, comprising:
- providing a sensor assembly for detecting material loss, said assembly comprising:
- at least one sensor positioned between a plurality of annular plates;
- said at least one sensor having a radially innermost edge, a radially outermost edge, and a plurality of parallel resistors spaced along said sensor;
- at least one wire attached to the radially outermost edge of said sensor;
- said sensor operative to transmit a signal, said signal changing when said flowing media breaks at least one of said resistors;
- positioning said sensor assembly within said pipeline such that the radially innermost edge of said at least one sensor is in open communication with said flowing media;
- monitoring said signal transmitted from said sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.