Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow rate testing to locate tube obstruction
- Patent Title (中): 流量测试定位管阻塞
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Application No.: US14337222Application Date: 2014-07-22
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Publication No.: US09310234B2Publication Date: 2016-04-12
- Inventor: Zhiming Huang , Dagang Zhang
- Applicant: DMAR ENGINEERING, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: DMAR Engineering, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DMAR Engineering, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Liaoteng Wang
- Main IPC: G01F1/34
- IPC: G01F1/34

Abstract:
A hydraulic power unit, a flow meter, and a pressure gauge couple to a first end of a tube under testing. The hydraulic power unit provides an inlet pressure to move a testing fluid through the tube. The flow meter measures a flow rate of the testing fluid and the pressure gauge measures the inlet pressure. An accelerometer measures sound and vibration of the tube. A reservoir couple to an outlet of the tub and an inlet of the hydraulic power unit. The reservoir supplies the testing fluid to the hydraulic power unit and collects the testing fluid from the tube. Hoses interconnect the components in a closed loop that reuses the testing fluid. By analyzing the flow rate, it is determined if an obstruction exist in the tube. By analyzing the inlet pressure and the sound and vibration of the tube, a location of the obstruction is determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160025532A1 FLOW RATE TESTING Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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