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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Silixa Ltd., Elstree Hertfordshire, GB;
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Mahmoud Farhadiroushan, Elstree, GB;
Mladen Todorov, Welling, GB;
Silixa Ltd., Elstree Hertfordshire, GB;
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to installations for fiber optic monitoring of articles, and apparatus and methods for forming such installations, including a modular system and components for forming a fiber optic monitoring installation. Applications of the invention include the monitoring of vessels, chambers, and fluid conduits in industrial processing plants, and the invention has particular application to monitoring large vessels, for example temperature monitoring of vessels used in catalytic reforming processes. Convenient installation on or removal from the article being monitored is achieved by providing a support structure for the fiber optic length, which presents the fiber optic length in a preconfigured orientation suitable for monitoring the article. In a particular embodiment of the invention, the fiber optic length is disposed on a panel in a plurality of dense spiral patterns.