Leak detection and responsive treatment in industrial water processes
First Claim
1. A process for detecting leakage between a process fluid and a temperature-conditioning fluid in an industrial process wherein said industrial process includes an A and a B fluid, wherein one of said A and B fluids receives heat from or transfers heat to the other of said A and said B fluids by an indirect contact method, wherein one but not both of said A and said B fluids is an industrial process fluid, and wherein at least one of said A and said B fluids is a gaseous stream, comprising;
- maintaining in said A fluid at least one specie of chemical tracer, which specie of chemical tracer is not a normal component of said B fluid;
subjecting at least one of said A and said B fluids to at least one analysis at least one site; and
wherein said analysis at least detects the presence of said specie of chemical tracer when said fluid subjected to said analysis is said B fluid, wherein said analysis at least determines the concentration of said specie of chemical tracer when said fluid subjected to said analysis is said A fluid.
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Abstract
Leakage is detected between a process fluid and a temper fluid, or from a process fluid to a temperature-conditioning fluid, wherein one but not both of said A and said B fluids is an industrial process fluid and wherein at least one of said A and said B fluids is a gaseous stream, in an industrial process. The industrial process includes an A and a B fluid, and one of the A and B fluids receives heat from or transfer heat to the other of the A and the B fluids by an indirect contact method, and one but not both of the A and the B fluids is an industrial process fluid. In particular, the A fluid is a temperature-conditioning fluid that receives heat from a process fluid, for instance wherein the A fluid is the water of a waste-heat boiler and the B fluid is a gaseous process stream.
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20 Claims
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1. A process for detecting leakage between a process fluid and a temperature-conditioning fluid in an industrial process wherein said industrial process includes an A and a B fluid, wherein one of said A and B fluids receives heat from or transfers heat to the other of said A and said B fluids by an indirect contact method, wherein one but not both of said A and said B fluids is an industrial process fluid, and wherein at least one of said A and said B fluids is a gaseous stream, comprising;
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maintaining in said A fluid at least one specie of chemical tracer, which specie of chemical tracer is not a normal component of said B fluid; subjecting at least one of said A and said B fluids to at least one analysis at least one site; and wherein said analysis at least detects the presence of said specie of chemical tracer when said fluid subjected to said analysis is said B fluid, wherein said analysis at least determines the concentration of said specie of chemical tracer when said fluid subjected to said analysis is said A fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A process for detecting leakage between a process fluid and a temperature-conditioning fluid in an industrial process wherein said industrial process includes an A and a B fluid, and one of said A and B fluids receives heat from or transfers heat to the other of said A and said B fluids by an indirect contact method, wherein one but not both of said A and said B fluids is an industrial process fluid, and wherein at least one of said A and said B fluids is a gaseous stream, comprising;
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maintaining in said A fluid at least one specie of chemical tracer, which specie of chemical tracer is not a normal component of said B fluid; subjecting at least one of said A and said B fluids to at least one analysis at least one site; and wherein said analysis at least detects the presence of said specie of chemical tracer when said fluid subjected to said analysis is said B fluid, wherein said analysis at least determines the concentration of said specie of chemical tracer when said fluid subjected to said analysis is said A fluid, wherein said specie of chemical tracer is a normal component of said A fluid or a synthetically tagged normal component of said A fluid or is foreign to the normal components of said A fluid, and wherein said specie of chemical tracer is at least one fluorescent compound and said analysis at least includes fluorescence analysis. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A process for detecting a leakage site between a process fluid and a temperature-conditioning fluid in an industrial process wherein said industrial process includes an A fluid and a B fluid normally held respectively within an A means of containment and a B means of containment, and one of said A and B fluids normally receives heat from or transfers heat to the other of said A and said B fluids by an indirect contact method, wherein one but not both of said A and said B fluids is an industrial process fluid, and wherein at least one of said A and said B fluids is a gaseous stream, comprising:
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maintaining in at least one segment of said A fluid in the A containment means at least one specie of chemical tracer; and
,monitoring said A fluid to determine the concentration of said specie of chemical tracer and monitoring said B fluid to determine at least the presence of said specie of chemical tracer whereby the presence of said specie of chemical tracer in the B fluid indicates a leakage of A fluid into the B fluid. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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