System and method for measuring temperature of mixed fluid in an enclosed chamber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11802801-B2
Application number	US-202017112414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Dec 4, 2019
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system and method for measuring average temperature of mixed fluid in an enclosed chamber. Measurement is based on two independent principle as measuring variation in acoustic wave velocity and variation in resistivity that works on a single setup. First principle is based on measuring acoustic wave velocity in a known medium, which is isolated from the surrounding. The system comprises a primary pipe and a secondary pipe, wherein the ends of the pipes reside inside the enclosed chamber. The primary pipe is made out of good conductor of heat and filled with air. Ends of the primary pipe is fitted with a transducers have one transmitter at one end and one receiver at another end. Average temperature of the mixed fluid is measured based on the variations in sound velocity of acoustic wave passed through the primary pipe and resistivity variations of the primary pipe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a primary pipe inserted into an enclosed chamber through a chamber wall;
a secondary pipe connected with the primary pipe at a perpendicular angle;
at least one ultrasound transducer configured to operate at one end of the enclosed chamber to produce a flow of an acoustic wave into the primary pipe at a predefined frequency;
at least one ultrasound transmitter excited in a frequency sweep mode to transmit the acoustic wave from a transmitting end into the primary pipe, wherein the primary pipe contains air;
at least one ultrasound receiver configured to receive the transmitted acoustic wave at a receiving end of the primary pipe, wherein a constant atmospheric pressure is maintained in the primary pipe using an air-flow meter;
at least one memory storing a plurality of instructions; and
one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled with the at least one memory, the at least one ultrasound transducer, the at least one ultrasound transmitter, and the at least one ultrasound receiver, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to execute the plurality of instructions to:
compute one or more variations of the received acoustic wave using a SFAI measurement principle, wherein the one or more variations in frequency is based on an equilibrium condition of the primary pipe;
compute one or more variations in a resistivity of the primary pipe ( 102 ) using a pre-configured Wheatstone bridge arrangement; and
measure an average temperature of a mixed fluid in the enclosed chamber using the computed one or more variations in a frequency of the received acoustic wave and the computed one or more variations in the resistivity of the primary pipe.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the secondary pipe opens up outside of the enclosed chamber.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the air-flow meter is attached with the secondary pipe.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the equilibrium condition depends on atmospheric pressure and temperature inside of the primary pipe.

5. A processor-implemented method comprising:
operating, via one or more hardware processors, at least one ultrasound transducer to produce a flow of an acoustic wave into a primary pipe of a system at a predefined frequency;
transmitting, by exciting at least one ultrasound transmitter in a frequency sweep mode, the acoustic wave from a transmitting end into the primary pipe, wherein the primary pipe contains air;
receiving, via the one or more hardware processors, the transmitted acoustic wave at a receiving end of the primary pipe using at least one ultrasound receiver, wherein a constant atmospheric pressure is maintained in the primary pipe using an air-flow meter;
computing, via the one or more hardware processors, one or more variations in a frequency of the received acoustic wave using a Swept Frequency Acoustic interferometry (SFAI) measurement principle, wherein the one or more variations in the frequency of the acoustic wave is based on an equilibrium condition of the primary pipe;
computing, via the one or more hardware processors, one or more variations in a resistivity of the primary pipe using a pre-configured Wheatstone bridge arrangement; and
measuring, via the one or more hardware processors, an average temperature of a mixed fluid in an enclosed chamber using the computed one or more variations in the frequency of the acoustic wave and the computed one or more variations in the resistivity of the primary pipe.

6. The processor-implemented method claimed of claim 5 , further comprising a secondary pipe connected with the primary pipe at a perpendicular angle and opening up outside of the enclosed chamber.

7. The processor-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the air-flow meter is attached with the secondary pipe.

8. The processor-implemented method claimed of claim 5 , wherein the equilibrium condition depends on the atmospheric pressure and temperature inside of the primary pipe.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions which when executed by a processor on a system, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
operating, via one or more hardware processors, at least one ultrasound transducer to produce a flow of an acoustic wave into a primary pipe of a system at a predefined frequency;
transmitting, by exciting at least one ultrasound transmitter in a frequency sweep mode, the acoustic wave from a transmitting end into the primary pipe, wherein the primary pipe contains air;
receiving, via the one or more hardware processors, the transmitted acoustic wave at a receiving end of the primary pipe using at least one ultrasound receiver, wherein a constant atmospheric pressure is maintained in the primary pipe using an air-flow meter;
computing, via the one or more hardware processors, one or more variations in a frequency of the received acoustic wave using a Swept Frequency Acoustic interferometry (SFAI) measurement principle, wherein the one or more variations in the frequency of the acoustic wave is based on an equilibrium condition of the primary pipe;
computing, via the one or more hardware processors, one or more variations in a resistivity of the primary pipe using a pre-configured Wheatstone bridge arrangement; and
measuring, via the one or more hardware processors, an average temperature of a mixed fluid in an enclosed chamber using the computed one or more variations in the frequency of the acoustic wave and the computed one or more variations in the resistivity of the primary pipe.

Assignees

• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Inventors

• Sinharay Arijit
• Das Rajat Kumar
• Khasnobish Anwesha
• Chakravarty Tapas

Classifications

• G01F1/86 Primary

  Indirect mass flowmeters, e.g. measuring volume flow and density, temperature or pressure · CPC title

• G01F1/662

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G01F1/667

  Arrangements of transducers for ultrasonic flowmeters; Circuits for operating ultrasonic flowmeters · CPC title

• G01K3/02

  giving means values; giving integrated values · CPC title

• G01K11/22

  using measurement of acoustic effects · CPC title