Measuring and testing – Vibration – By mechanical waves
Patent
1999-07-21
2000-12-19
Kwok, Helen C.
Measuring and testing
Vibration
By mechanical waves
210748, 210785, G01D 700, B01D 1706, B01D 3300
Patent
active
061614351
ABSTRACT:
The fouling state of a polymeric membrane within the high pressure housing of a spiral wound or a hollow fiber membrane module is determined. An ultra sonic transducer positioned with its emitting face in physical engagement with the outer surface of the housing is pulse energized by a pulser/receiver device. A membrane echo signal is detected by a receiver of the pulser/receiver device. A reference echo signal indicative of a fouled or an unfouled state of the membrane is compared to the echo signal to determine the membrane fouling state. The echo to reference comparing step can be based upon comparing amplitude domain signals, comparing time-domain signals, comparing combinations of amplitude domain and time-domain signals, and comparing transformations of amplitude domain and time-domain signals. A clean or a fouled reference echo can be provided from a clean or a fouled membrane and then stored for use during a liquid separation process, or a clean reference echo signal can be obtained on-line from a second transducer whose echo signal is derived from an area of the membrane known to remain relatively unfouled during the liquid separation process, or a clean or fouled reference echo signal can be provided for later use during a cleaning process or during a liquid separation process. Multiple transducers and a switching network can sample the fouling state at different positions within the membrane module.
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Bond Leonard J.
Chai Guo Yong
Greenberg Alan Richard
Krantz William Bernard
Hancock E.
Kwok Helen C.
Sirr F. A.
University Technology Corporation
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