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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Peng K. Chen, Washington, PA (US);
Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul R. Ohodnicki, Allison Park, PA (US);
Thomas D. Brown, Finleyville, PA (US);
Kirk R. Gerdes, Morgantown, WV (US);
Michael P. Buric, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of monitoring operation of a reactor system includes causing a chemical reaction to occur within an assembly of the reactor system, and measuring a chemical composition of one or more reactants of the chemical reaction with spatial resolution at a plurality of points along a path within the assembly using a sensor system structured to implement distributed sensing. The sensor system includes an optical fiber sensing member provided at least partially within the assembly, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in the chemical composition of the one or more reactants.