Apparatus and method for visualization of particles suspended in a fluid and fluid flow patterns using ultrasound

Sinha, Dipen N.; Osterhoudt, Curtis F.; Pantea, Cristian

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Title: Apparatus and method for visualization of particles suspended in a fluid and fluid flow patterns using ultrasound

Abstract

An apparatus and method for real-time visualization of particulate matter suspended in a static or flowing fluid and fluid flow patterns in a pipe, tube, conduit, or other container, are described. Ultrasonic scanning and detection of scattered sound from the particles in the fluid create a real-time image of the particles, or of flow patterns in the liquid. A mechanical wobbler directs a piezoelectric transducer over a chosen angle in an oscillatory manner. The transducer is operated in a pulse-echo mode wherein the same transducer detects the return signal from the target region through which particles are passing and/or a flow is present. The pulse-echo measurements are made rapidly and continuously during a single sweep of the transducer over the chosen angle. Received signals are processed in the ultrasound scanner electronics module and displayed as an image in real-time.

Inventors:: Sinha, Dipen N.; Osterhoudt, Curtis F.; Pantea, Cristian

Issue Date:: 2020-03-31

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1637764

Patent Number(s):: 10605640

Application Number:: 13/225,787

Assignee:: Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01F - MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01F - MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL
G01F1/66 - by measuring frequency, phaseshift, or propagation time of electromagnetic or other waves, e.g. ultrasonic flowmeters
G01F1/662 - {Constructional details}
G01F1/7082 - {using acoustic detecting arrangements}
G01F1/74 - Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N29/024 - by measuring propagation velocity or propagation time of acoustic waves
G01N29/262 - {by electronic orientation or focusing, e.g. with phased arrays

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/06/2011

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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  abstractNote = {An apparatus and method for real-time visualization of particulate matter suspended in a static or flowing fluid and fluid flow patterns in a pipe, tube, conduit, or other container, are described. Ultrasonic scanning and detection of scattered sound from the particles in the fluid create a real-time image of the particles, or of flow patterns in the liquid. A mechanical wobbler directs a piezoelectric transducer over a chosen angle in an oscillatory manner. The transducer is operated in a pulse-echo mode wherein the same transducer detects the return signal from the target region through which particles are passing and/or a flow is present. The pulse-echo measurements are made rapidly and continuously during a single sweep of the transducer over the chosen angle. Received signals are processed in the ultrasound scanner electronics module and displayed as an image in real-time.},

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Ultrasonic instrument to measure the gas velocity and/or the solids loading in a flowing gas stream patent, November 1989

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Method and Device for Characterizing a Fluid
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Ultrasonic blood flow measuring apparatus
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Ultrasonic frequency-domain system and method for sensing fluid flow
patent, December 1994

Ultrasonic scanning system with video recorder
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patent, July 1996

Ultrasound flow measurement apparatus
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