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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2021
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Mark Teepe, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Todd Karin, Fairfield, CA (US);
Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ajay Raghavan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jane Shin, New York, NY (US);
Bradley Kittrell, New York, NY (US);
Serena Lee, New York, NY (US);
Palo Alto Research Company Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A corrosion monitoring system includes one or more objects coupled to respective portions of a transformer tank. The one or more objects are configured to corrode before the respective portions of the transformer tank. At least one optical sensor is coupled to each of the objects. The at least one optical sensor has an optical output that changes in response to strain of the object. An analyzer is coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The analyzer is configured to perform one or more of detecting and predicting corrosion of the transformer tank based on the output of the at least one optical sensor.