Automatic leak detection apparatus for process fluids from production and/or research plants, in particular energy plants
AssigneeEnte Per Le Nuove Technologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente (ENEA)
InventorFranco Imperiali
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Abstract
An automatic leak detection apparatus for process fluids from production and/or research plants, in particular energy plants comprises three different and separate sets of sensors, the first of which analyzes signals sensed in the visual spectrum through a telecamera, the second set analyzes signals sensed in the infrared spectrum through a thermocamera, and the third set analyzes qualitatively and quantitatively any change in the composition of the environmental atmosphere through a chemical-excitation mass spectrometer, and means adapted to process data supplied by said three sets of sensors, to compare said data with reference data, to store said data, to generate alarm signals at different levels, and to give assistance, if necessary.
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An automatic leak detection apparatus for process fluids from an energy production plant or an energy research plant, comprising a plurality of operatively and structurally independent sensors which evaluate different and independent physical parameters, located in predetermined areas and/or in components of the plant to be monitored, data processing means associated with said sensors for processing data supplied by said sensors and for comparing sensor supplied data with reference data, signalling and storing means for generated data from said processing means, and alarm and/or control means actuatable by said generated data, said sensors being formed of a first set of sensors sensing signals in the visual spectrum through a telecamera, a second set of sensors sensing signals in the infrared spectrum through a thermocamera, and a third set of sensors adapted to detect the variations of the composition of the environmental atmosphere by qualitative and quantitative analysis through a chemical-excitation mass spectrometer.
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