Compressor valve health monitor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9759213
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14811249

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A rotating machine valve health monitor. Aspects of the valve monitor include instrumenting each valve of a reciprocating compressor, or other rotating machine, with a sensor capable of detecting at least vibration and instrumenting the crank shaft with a sensor capable of detecting at least rotation. A controller directly monitors the operation and condition of each valve to precisely identify any individual valve exhibiting leakage issues rather than only identifying the region of the leakage. The valve monitor uses a relatively high frequency stress wave analysis technique to provide a good signal-to-noise ratio to identify impact events indicative of leakage. The valve monitor uses circular waveforms of vibration data for individual valves to identify leakage by pattern recognition or visual identification. The valve monitor provides ongoing data collection to give warning of predicted valve failure and scheduling of preventative maintenance for failing valves.

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  • COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bassett, Timothy Scott Knoxville, US 2 320
Ford, Terry Lynn Knoxville, US 1 214
Heller, Matthew Carl Knoxville, US 1 214

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