Apparatus, process, and system for monitoring the integrity of containers
AssigneeProcess Metrix
InventorsMichel Pierre Bonin, Thomas Lawrence Harvill, Jared Hubert Hoog
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods to monitor the integrity of a container protected by a refractory material are disclosed having a first radiation detector to measure an external surface temperature of the container, a first radiation source to measure a thickness of the refractory material, and a central controller configured to display to a user the measurement of the external surface temperature of the container and the measurement of the thickness of the refractory material.
Claims20
An apparatus configured to monitor the integrity of a container protected by a refractory material, the apparatus comprising:
- A thermographic system having a first radiation detector, said thermographic system being configured to make spatially resolved temperature measurements of an external surface of the container;
- a scanning system having a first radiation source, a scanner, optics, a photodetector, and receiver electronics, said scanning system being configured to make spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material;
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- a central controller configured to display to a user the spatially resolved temperature measurements of the external surface of the container and the spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material, wherein a defect on the refractory material is identified by a combination of the spatially resolved temperature measurements of the external surface of the container and the spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material.
A method for monitoring the integrity of a container having an internal layer of a refractory material, the method comprising:
- taking spatially resolved temperature measurements of an external surface of the container with a thermographic system;
- taking spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material with a scanning system;
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- detecting a defect on the refractory material by a combination of the spatially resolved temperature measurements of the external surface of the container and the spatially resolved thickness measurements of the refractory material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.