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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Rached Ben-mansour, Dhahran, SA;
Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou, Somerville, MA (US);
Atia Khalifa, Dhahran, SA;
Changrak Choi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kamal Youcef-toumi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Rached Ben-Mansour, Dhahran, SA;
Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou, Somerville, MA (US);
Atia Khalifa, Dhahran, SA;
Changrak Choi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Leak detection system. A rigid body is resiliently supported within an outer cage. Structure is provided for detecting displacement of the rigid body with respect to the outer cage, the displacement indicating a leak when the rigid body is moved by a suction force generated by a local pressure gradient resulting from a leak within a pipe network. The invention allows a leak to be determined around the circumference of a pipe.