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Title: Non-intrusive ultrasonic liquid-in-line detector for small diameter tubes. [Patent application]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6284541

An arrangement for detecting liquids in a line, using non-intrusive ultrasonic techniques is disclosed. In this arrangement, four piezoelectric crystals are arranged in pairs about a 0.078 inch o.d. pipe. An ultrasonic tone burst is transmitted along the pipe, between crystal pairs, and the amplitude of the received tone burst indicates the absence/presence of liquid in the pipe.

DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01540
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
OSTI ID:
6284541
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English