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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sze-Foo Chien, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
374 42 ; 73 29 ; 364557 ; 364558 ;
Abstract
Steam quality measuring and monitoring apparatus and methods which measures the quality of steam flowing in a steam pipe includes a test cell connected in line with the steam pipe so that the steam flows through the test cell. The capacitance, the dielectric constant, the temperature and the density of the steam flowing through the test cell are measured and monitored and the quality of the steam is derived in accordance with the steam density and temperature.