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Evaluation of component condition through analysis of material interaction

  • US 10,330,664 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2015
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for evaluating a condition of at least one component from an environment having at least a first material and a second material different in chemical composition from the first material, the method comprising:

  • obtaining chemical composition data of a plurality of particles filtered from a fluid sample of the environment;

    identifying particles that fall within an interaction zone, the interaction zone corresponding to a concentration range for at least a first element found in the first material and at least a second element found in at least the second material, the concentration range defined by upper and lower limits that vary as a function of a given element, the upper limit corresponding to a minimum concentration for the given element in the first material and the lower limit corresponding to a maximum concentration for the given element in the second material;

    determining a level of interaction based on a quantity of particles within the interaction zone, comprising;

    determining a percentage of the first material and a percentage of the second material that forms a given particle by minimizing an equation, for every particle, for a concentration of the first material from zero to 100%, the equation comprising;

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