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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Spirax-sarco Limited, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GB;
Christopher Michael Roland Agard Poczka, Cheltenham, GB;
Lyubka Spasova, Cheltenham, GB;
Spirax-Sarco Limited, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a monitoring apparatus for a steam plant, the apparatus comprising: a sensor unit () associated with a component of the steam plant, the sensor unit () being configured to provide an output indicative of the operating condition of the component; wherein the sensor unit () has a plurality of operating modes, each operating mode having a different resource usage; the apparatus further comprising: a selector () for selecting one of the plurality of operating modes; wherein the operating mode is chosen based on a current operating condition of the steam plant. The invention also relates to a method of operating such an apparatus.