Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – For fault location
Patent
1996-11-12
1998-02-17
Nguyen, Vinh P.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
For fault location
324637, 324642, 324532, G01R 3108
Patent
active
057195030
ABSTRACT:
Pulse propagation analysis to ascertain whether an anomaly such as surface corrosion exists on a section of conductive member such as pipe. Anomalies such as surface corrosion result in localized velocity changes of pulses, due to inherent nonlinearities, propagating along a conductive member. These localized velocity changes exhibit themselves in changes in waveform, rise and fall time, amplitude, and time delay of a pulse with respect to a fixed time reference. To allow such anomalies to be located, two pulses are generated such that they intersect at intersecting locations along the conductive member. The resulting modified pulses are analyzed for perturbations indicative of localized velocity changes.
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Nguyen Vinh P.
Profile Technologies, Inc.
Schacht Michael R.
Solis Jose M.
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