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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:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fred D Lang, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
Exergetic Systems LLC, San Rafael, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/130 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a fossil-fired thermal system such as a power plant or steam generator, and, more particularly, to a method for rapid detection of tube failures without direct instrumentation, thereby preventing serious damage to heat exchangers. This method is applicable to Input/Loss methods of monitoring fossil-fired thermal systems.