System and method for detecting accretion of frazil ice on under

Details System and method for detecting accretion of frazil ice on under System and method for detecting accretion of frazil ice on under

1997-01-28

1998-11-24

Karlsen, Ernest F.

Electricity: measuring and testing

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324643, 340580, G01R 2704

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058412891

ABSTRACT:
A system for detecting accretion of frazil ice on underwater gratings comses a pair of parallel electrically conductive bars mounted side-by-side, for disposition beneath a water surface and spaced from but proximate an underwater intake grating. The system further includes a coaxial transmission line connected at a first end to the pair of bars for extension from the bars upwardly above the water surface, and a time domain reflectometer disposed above the water surface for generating electromagnetic pulses and having a second end of the transmission line fixed thereto. The transmission line facilitates propagation of the pulses to the bars for further travel to distal ends of the bars, and back to the reflectometer. The reflectometer is adapted to compute pulse round trip travel time in the bars and to compute changes in the round trip travel time, from which can be determined absence, presence, and build-up of frazil ice on the bars, providing an indication of same on the grating.
The invention further contemplates a method for detecting accretion of frazil ice on underwater gratings, utilizing the above-described system.

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