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Multi-sensor steam quality monitoring means and method

CA 1329268 C · Owner: Texaco Development Corporation · Inventors: Dowling, Donald Joseph; Sims, Jackie Charles; Nussbaum, Theodore William

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MULTI-SENSOR STEAM QUALITY MONITORING MEANS AND METHOD (D#78,938-F), ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A system of the present invention monitors the quality of steam flowing in a pipeline includes a test cell which is connected inline into the pipeline and has the steam flowing through it. A plurality of electrodes are located within the test cell and cooperate with the test cell to provide capacitance signals corresponding to capacitances of the steam passing between the electrodes and the test cell. The electrodes have different spacings between them and an interior wall of the test cell. A sensor senses the temperature of the steam flowing through the test cell and provides a temperature …

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  • Granted May 3, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 3, 2011.
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FiledJuly 10, 1989
GrantedMay 3, 1994
Term endedMay 3, 2011
Patent numberCA 1329268 C
Classification (IPC)G01N25/60 +1 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedJuly 10, 1989Patent grantedMay 3, 1994Term endedMay 3, 2011

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