Monitoring power devices
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1. A system for monitoring an electrical power device, the system comprising:
- one or more instruments, each of the instruments comprising a housing component, a probe attached to the housing component and protruding therefrom, and a fitting and seal assembly attached to the housing component, and each of the instruments operable for sensing one or more properties of a fluid flowing between the power device and a cooling device through a pipe, wherein;
a.) the probe comprises one or more sensors, each of the sensors operable for detecting at least one of the properties of the fluid and generating a detection signal corresponding to each of the detected fluid properties, and a conductor over which the generated detection signals are transmitted into the attached housing assembly,b.) the housing assembly comprises one or more detection signal processors, each of the processors operable for processing at least one of the detection signals transmitted into the housing assembly by the conductor and for generating a corresponding processed data signal, and a transmission component operable for generating an instrument output signal corresponding to each of the processed data signals, andc.) the attachment fitting and seal assembly fastens the housing assembly directly and removably to an outlet of a valve, the valve comprising the outlet, an inlet disposed axially opposite from the outlet and attached to the pipe, and a solid spherical disk penetrated diametrically with a hollow tubular conduit wherein, with the valve in an open state, and upon insertion of the probe through the valve and attachment of the attachment fitting and seal assembly to the outlet of the valve, the probe is immersed within the flow of the fluid through the pipe; and
a network operable for exchanging data with the one or more instruments in relation to the generated instrument output signal corresponding to the one or more fluid properties, wherein processing performed over the exchanged data relates to the monitoring of the electrical power device.
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Abstract
An apparatus senses properties of a fluid. The apparatus has a pipe section, a valve, and an instrument. The pipe section has an envelope, through which a flow of the fluid is coupled between a tank of an electrical power device and a cooling device. The envelope is disposed about a longitudinal axis, and has a penetration disposed laterally, relative to the longitudinal axis. The valve is disposed within the one or more penetrations and has a closed position and an open position. The instrument is operable for the sensing of the fluid properties, and has a probe disposed in contact with the fluid through the valve in the open position.
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1. A system for monitoring an electrical power device, the system comprising:
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one or more instruments, each of the instruments comprising a housing component, a probe attached to the housing component and protruding therefrom, and a fitting and seal assembly attached to the housing component, and each of the instruments operable for sensing one or more properties of a fluid flowing between the power device and a cooling device through a pipe, wherein; a.) the probe comprises one or more sensors, each of the sensors operable for detecting at least one of the properties of the fluid and generating a detection signal corresponding to each of the detected fluid properties, and a conductor over which the generated detection signals are transmitted into the attached housing assembly, b.) the housing assembly comprises one or more detection signal processors, each of the processors operable for processing at least one of the detection signals transmitted into the housing assembly by the conductor and for generating a corresponding processed data signal, and a transmission component operable for generating an instrument output signal corresponding to each of the processed data signals, and c.) the attachment fitting and seal assembly fastens the housing assembly directly and removably to an outlet of a valve, the valve comprising the outlet, an inlet disposed axially opposite from the outlet and attached to the pipe, and a solid spherical disk penetrated diametrically with a hollow tubular conduit wherein, with the valve in an open state, and upon insertion of the probe through the valve and attachment of the attachment fitting and seal assembly to the outlet of the valve, the probe is immersed within the flow of the fluid through the pipe; and a network operable for exchanging data with the one or more instruments in relation to the generated instrument output signal corresponding to the one or more fluid properties, wherein processing performed over the exchanged data relates to the monitoring of the electrical power device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for monitoring an electrical power device, the method comprising the steps of:
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sensing a property of a fluid of the power device with one or more instruments, each of the instruments comprising a a housing component, a probe attached to the housing component and protruding therefrom, and a fitting and seal assembly attached to the housing component, and each of the instruments operable for sensing one or more properties of a fluid flowing between the power device and for generating a signal corresponding to each of the one or more sensed properties, wherein; a.) the probe comprises one or more sensors, each of the sensors operable for detecting at least one of the properties of the fluid and generating a detection signal corresponding to each of the detected fluid properties, and a conductor over which the generated detection signals are transmitted into the attached housing assembly, b.) the housing assembly comprises one or more detection signal processors, each of the processors operable for processing at least one of the detection signals transmitted into the housing assembly by the conductor and for generating a corresponding processed data signal, and a transmission component operable for generating an instrument output signal corresponding to each of the processed data signals, and c.) the attachment fitting and seal assembly fastens the housing assembly directly and removably to an outlet of a valve, the valve comprising the outlet, an inlet disposed axially opposite from the outlet and attached to the pipe, and a solid spherical disk penetrated diametrically with a hollow tubular conduit wherein, with the valve in an open state, and upon insertion of the probe through the valve and attachment of the attachment fitting and seal assembly to the outlet of the valve, the probe is immersed within the flow of the fluid through the pipe; generating the instrument output signal; exchanging data related to the generated instrument output signal with a network coupled communicatively with the one or more instruments; and processing the exchanged data, wherein the processing of the exchanged data relates to the monitoring of the power device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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