Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid conveying tube and fluid leakage detecting system
- Patent Title (中): 流体输送管和流体泄漏检测系统
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Application No.: US12922511Application Date: 2009-03-09
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Publication No.: US08479565B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Masaki Izumo , Yasuhiro Naka , Kenichi Ishii , Toru Kagoura
- Applicant: Masaki Izumo , Yasuhiro Naka , Kenichi Ishii , Toru Kagoura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Kawasaki
- Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.,Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
- Current Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.,Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Kawasaki
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2008-088719 20080328
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/054454 WO 20090309
- International Announcement: WO2009/119297 WO 20091001
- Main IPC: G01M3/28
- IPC: G01M3/28

Abstract:
Provided are a fluid conveying tube and a fluid leakage detecting system which can convey a cryogenic fluid such as LNG and which can quickly and reliably detect leakage of the fluid within the tube and the position of the leakage. An optical fiber is continuously wound over the entire length of a flexible tube. Leakage information detected by an optical fiber temperature sensor is transmitted via a terminal to an externally provided temperature measurement device. Meanwhile, when similar leakage occurs in the vicinity of a coupling section, the gas pressure inside the heat insulating layer or the like increases due to the pressure of LNG within a corrugated tube or a pressure generated as a result of evaporation of LNG. When the pressure inside the heat insulating layer increases, information representing a change in the gas pressure is transmitted to a terminal via a hollow pipe. A tube or the like is externally connected to the terminal, and is connected to a pressure meter or like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110005303A1 FLUID CONVEYING TUBE AND FLUID LEAKAGE DETECTING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-01-13
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