ACOUSTIC PROBING TECHNIQUE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MULTIPLE LIQUID/FROTH INTERFACES IN SEPARATION AND STORAGE VESSELS BASED ON AN OBLIQUE TOMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS APPROACH
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a signal processor configured toreceive signaling containing information about waves of energy penetrating a fluid in a tank, container or flow pipe; and
determine an image of layers of the fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe based at least partly on the signalling received.
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided featuring a signal processor configured to receive from an array of ultrasonic transponders around a tank, container or flow pipe signaling containing information about acoustic waves of energy penetrating a fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe; and determine using tomography a three-dimensional image of layers of the fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe based at least partly on the signalling received and. The signal processor provides corresponding signal containing information about the three-dimensional image of the layers of the fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe. The array is an obliquely oriented array of ultrasonic transponders arranged on an oblique plane to the axis of the tank or column; or the array is placed normal to the flow around the exterior of the flow pipe.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a signal processor configured to receive signaling containing information about waves of energy penetrating a fluid in a tank, container or flow pipe; and determine an image of layers of the fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe based at least partly on the signalling received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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receiving in a signal processor signaling containing information about waves of energy penetrating a fluid in a tank, container or flow pipe; and determining in the signal processor an image of layers of the fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe based at least partly on the signalling received. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. Apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving in a signal processor signaling containing information about waves of energy penetrating a fluid in a tank, container or flow pipe; and means for determining in the signal processor an image of layers of the fluid in the tank, container or flow pipe based at least partly on the signalling received. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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