Thermal measuring and testing – Temperature measurement – By a vibratory effect
Patent
1990-01-09
1991-09-03
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Thermal measuring and testing
Temperature measurement
By a vibratory effect
374117, 374137, 374208, 248 744, G01K 1122, G01K 1124, G01K 114
Patent
active
050447696
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic distributed temperature sensor comprises an elongate ultrasonic waveguide in the form of steel or nickel wire 0.16 cm in diameter and up to 10 meters long, which is strung around the area whose temperature is to be monitored, eg an aircraft engine. The wire is provided with discontinuities in the form of annuli welded on to it to form annular flanges, which serve to partially reflect ultrasonic pules launched into one end of the wire. These flanges, known as "posi-notches", divide the waveguide, and thus the area to be monitored, into a number of zones, the size of each zone being determined by the spacing of the adjacent flanges defining it. In operation, the temporal spacing of each pair of successive partially reflected pulses is a measure of the average temperature of the zone defined by the flanges producing that pair of pulses. In order to mount the waveguide in the area to be monitored, it is held by locating devices which engage the radial surfaces of some of the flanges, so locating the waveguide longitudinally, and by annular clamping devices which lightly grip the wire without introducing undesired stresses. In one embodiment, the locating devices and the mounting devices are basically very similar, and comprise an annular member having a bore containing at least three axially extending resilient strips which make line contact with the waveguide to support it.
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Kulczyk Konrad
Smith George W.
Asman Sanford J.
Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
Gutierrez Diego F. F.
Schlumberger Industries Limited
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