Method and system for dynamic sensing, presentation and control of combustion boiler conditions
First Claim
1. A system for making a measurement relating to a combustion boiler process and reporting said measurement to an external system, the system comprising:
- an un-tethered sensor arranged to travel along a substantially ballistic trajectory within a combustion chamber during operation of the combustion chamber;
said sensor measuring conditions dynamically while traveling along the trajectory within the combustion chamber; and
said sensor communicating the measured conditions wirelessly to an external receiver.
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Abstract
A method for recording changing boiler conditions over time in three spatial dimensions including: sensing the boiler conditions in real time using sensors which traverse the combustion chamber and gas path generating data from a plurality of positions in one or more supervisory spaces of interest within the boiler system; transmitting the generated data to a computer system; presenting data containing sensor position information and which optionally contains temperature, chemical species information, and other combustor condition information for delivery to a boiler management system to enable said boiler management system to make real time operational adjustments.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for making a measurement relating to a combustion boiler process and reporting said measurement to an external system, the system comprising:
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an un-tethered sensor arranged to travel along a substantially ballistic trajectory within a combustion chamber during operation of the combustion chamber; said sensor measuring conditions dynamically while traveling along the trajectory within the combustion chamber; and said sensor communicating the measured conditions wirelessly to an external receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A boiler sensor system comprising micro electro-mechanical navigation and sensor packages released into a hydrocarbon combustion chamber and said sensors packages transmitting readings, until said measurement packages are destroyed by heat, to external receivers arranged around said combustion chambers and said readings providing input to operator displays and boiler control systems.
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18. A boiler sensor system comprising:
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at least one external receiver; and at least one un-tethered sensor released into a combustion chamber during operation of the combustion chamber, the sensor wirelessly transmitting information to the at least one external receiver. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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