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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Mohamed Sakami, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);
Shobhana Mani, Houston, TX (US);
Fulton Jose Lopez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed Sakami, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);
Shobhana Mani, Houston, TX (US);
Fulton Jose Lopez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/58 (2006.01); G01N 25/72 (2006.01); G01N 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A heat flux measurement device includes at least two thermocouples disposed within a front portion of the device at different axial distances from a front wall of the device. A correlation between the measured heat fluxes from the device over a period of time is used to estimate a fouling thickness on a wall, for example, a water wall of a radiant syngas cooler (RSC).