Recovery boiler leak detection system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5847266
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08713850

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An improvement is disclosed for a boiler leak system that (a) measures fluid input into the recovery boiler system, (b) measures fluid output from the recovery boiler system, and (c) calculates fluid leakage loss based on an average difference between the measured fluid input and output values. The improvement increases the accuracy and responsiveness of calculating and interpreting the difference between the input and output fluid flow of the boiler. One aspect of the invention is an improved method which includes (1) compensating for the effects of boiler drum swelling and shrinking; (2) using multiple time frames to calculate the average differences between input and output such that a balance is struck between a highly responsive leak indication (short time frame) and a highly accurate leak indication (longer time frame); and/or (3) indicating a leak only after a predetermined certain sequence of significant differences between input and output is reached. Other aspects of the invention involve an apparatus and system for performing the above method.

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY6400 POPLAR AVENUE MEMPHIS TN 38197

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nevruz, Albert A Lawrenceville, NJ 3 29

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