System and method to monitor characteristics of an operating fluid in a process line

• Main Authors: WHEELER FEDERICK WILSON, SMART HAROLD RANDALL, NIETERS EDWARD JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 29.06.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS; HEATING; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A system that provides localized monitoring of characteristics of instrument gas that a valve assembly 104 uses to modulate the flow of a working fluid 112. The system includes components 102 that generate an output in response to, for example, particulates, humidity, temperature, and other characteristics of the instrument gas. Processing of data and information in the output can help to diagnose changes in the characteristics of the instrument gas. This diagnosis is useful to predict a time frame during which the valve assembly and components associated therewith might fail and/or require maintenance before the valve assembly manifests significant problem that are detrimental to a process line. 一种系统提供了阀组件(104)使用其来调制工作流体(112)的流动的仪器气体的局部监测。该系统包括构件(102)，其响应于例如仪器气体的微粒、湿度、温度和其它特征来生成输出。数据的处理和输出中的信息可有助于诊断仪器气体的特征的变化。该诊断可用于预测阀组件和与其相关联的构件可失效和/或在阀组件呈现出不利于过程管线的显著问题之前需要维护期间的时间范围。