Techniques for monitoring health of vessels containing fluids
CA 2460290 A1 · Owner: Bacon, John M. · Inventors: Cain, Russell P.; Bacon, John M.; Carkhuff, Bliss C.
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Some techniques for monitoring health of a vessel include attaching a sensor suite (114) of one or more sensors (114a 114b, 114c) to an outer skin of the , vessel and providing power for the sensor suite based on a temperature difference between a fluid temperature of a contained fluid inside the vessel and an ambient temperature outside the vessel. Some techniques include attaching a sensor suite by cinching a belt around the vessel and causing two ends of a strain gauge in the sensor suite to become rigidly attached to the outer skin of the vessel, for example, on opposite sides of a weld joining two sections of the vessel. These techniques allow a pipeline to be readily …
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