Acoustic emission leak source location
CA 1303204 C · Owner: Babcock & Wilcox Company (The) · Inventors: Evans, Robert Saunders; Coulter, John E.; Robertson, Michael Owen
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method and apparatus for locating a leak which produces a continuous acoustic emission having background noise and spikes, comprises continuously monitoring the acoustic emissions using spaced apart detectors which produce signals having background noise and spikes corresponding to those of the continuous acoustic emissions. The spikes of one signal are offset in time with respect to the spikes of the other signal which, corresponds to the difference in travel time of the acoustic signals to each of the detectors. By measuring the offset between the spikes, the relative position of the acoustic emission, and thus the relative position of the leak, can be determined with respect to the …
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- Granted June 9, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 9, 2009.
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