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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sebastien Perrier, Toronto, CA;
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Examples of collecting and analyzing acoustic data for condition assessment within a fluid distribution system are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method for collecting and analyzing acoustic data for condition assessment within a fluid distribution system includes: receiving pipe segment criteria for a pipe segment, the pipe segment including a length of a pipe between a first computing node and a second computing node; determining a prediction of frequency content based on the pipe segment criteria; measuring an actual speed of sound for the pipe segment between the first computing node and the second computing node; and comparing the actual speed of sound and a theoretical speed of sound to calculate a predicted pipe degradation for the pipe segment.