Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active surface cleaning for a sensor
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Application No.: US15511437Application Date: 2015-09-09
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Publication No.: US10539500B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Timothy Jones , Nathan Lawrence , Go Fujisawa , Sheng Chao , Steven Gahlings
- Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Priority: GB1416265.5 20140915
- International Application: PCT/US2015/049061 WO 20150909
- International Announcement: WO2016/044007 WO 20160324
- Main IPC: B08B7/00
- IPC: B08B7/00 ; G02B1/02 ; G01N21/15 ; G01N21/35 ; G01N21/3577 ; G02B27/00 ; G01N21/31 ; G01N21/552 ; G01N33/28 ; G01N21/3504 ; G02B5/28

Abstract:
An integrated approach for cleaning an active surface of a petrochemical sensor. Sensors in the petrochemical industry are often deployed in locations where they are prone to fouling. By heating the active surface fouling substances may be removed from the active surface. Heating the surface above a supercritical point of a fluid being sensed may create a fluid that may serve to clean the active surface. Limiting the duration of the applied heating and/or pulsing the heating may mitigate adverse effects of use of high temperatures. A doped active surface, such as a doped diamond window may be designed to have conductive areas in the window that may be used for resistive heating of the window.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170241899A1 ACTIVE SURFACE CLEANING FOR A SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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