Temperature abnormality detecting structure for fluid pipe

Details Temperature abnormality detecting structure for fluid pipe Temperature abnormality detecting structure for fluid pipe

1993-02-10

1994-05-03

Yasich, Daniel M.

Thermal measuring and testing

Temperature measurement

In spaced noncontact relationship to specimen

374 4, 374147, 385 12, G01J 508, G01R 3108

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053081625

ABSTRACT:
A temperature abnormality detecting structure for a fluid pipe detects a temperature abnormality location by laying an optical fiber serving as a temperature detecting portion of a Ramam scattering optical fiber distribution type temperature sensor along a fluid pipe. The fluid pipe is divided into a plurality of sections in the longitudinal direction, independent optical fibers are laid along the fluid pipe in the respective sections. A portion of the optical fiber laid along one of the adjacent sections is superposed to be laid on a portion of the optical fiber laid along the other of the adjacent sections in the vicinity of each of the respective boundaries of the sections. Since the portion of the optical fiber laid along the pipe of one of the two adjacent sections is superposed on the portion of another optical fiber laid along the pipe of the other of the adjacent sections, if an abnormal temperature change occurs due to a trouble such as leakage or outflow of the fluid from the pipe in the boundary area, the temperature change peak position, i.e., the abnormality occurrence locations is detected by the two different optical fibers. Thus, the detecting accuracy is remarkably enhanced as compared with a case wherein the abnormality is detected by only one optical fiber.

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