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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Loucas Tsakalakos, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Slawomir Rubinsztajn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Renato Guida, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Boon Kwee Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brian Magann Rush, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Faisal Razi Ahmad, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sudeep Mandal, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Sirda Shanks, Aberdeen, GB;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fluid sensor cable assembly and method uses one or more conductive bodies extending along an elongated core body for conducting a heating current to heat the cable assembly. The one or more conductive bodies also are configured to conduct an interrogation signal and to conduct reflections of the interrogation signal. One or more optical fibers extend along the length of the core body and include temperature sensitive elements at different locations along the length of the core body. The temperature sensitive elements measure heat flux out of the cable assembly at the different locations subsequent to heating the cable assembly and communicate the heat flux to a computer acquisition system.