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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Aziz U. Rehman, Dhahran, SA;
Taher L. Al-Jundi, Dhahran, SA;
Mansour M. Al-Ajji, Dhahran, SA;
Isa H. Al-Mudaibegh, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A sensor assembly communicatively coupled to a processing device is configured to be disposed within and move along a pipe configured to flow a fluid. The sensor assembly includes a tubular housing configured to be centrally retained within the pipe. The tubular housing includes an outer diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the pipe. The sensor assembly also includes a plurality of ultrasonic elements coupled to and distributed evenly along an external surface of the tubular housing to define a gap between an outer surface of the ultrasonic elements and an internal surface of the pipe. The ultrasonic elements are configured to transmit ultrasonic signals and sense ultrasonic signals reflected from the internal surface of the pipe to sense corrosion and scale buildup information inside the pipe. The ultrasonic elements are configured to transmit the information to the processing device.