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Advanced Signal Processing for High Temperatures Health Monitoring of Condensed Water Height in Steam PipesAn advanced signal processing methodology is being developed to monitor the height of condensed water thru the wall of a steel pipe while operating at temperatures as high as 250deg. Using existing techniques, previous study indicated that, when the water height is low or there is disturbance in the environment, the predicted water height may not be accurate. In recent years, the use of the autocorrelation and envelope techniques in the signal processing has been demonstrated to be a very useful tool for practical applications. In this paper, various signal processing techniques including the auto correlation, Hilbert transform, and the Shannon Energy Envelope methods were studied and implemented to determine the water height in the steam pipe. The results have shown that the developed method provides a good capability for monitoring the height in the regular conditions. An alternative solution for shallow water or no water conditions based on a developed hybrid method based on Hilbert transform (HT) with a high pass filter and using the optimized windowing technique is suggested. Further development of the reported methods would provide a powerful tool for the identification of the disturbances of water height inside the pipe.
Document ID
20150007418
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Lih, Shyh-Shiuh
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lee, Hyeong Jae
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Takano, Nobuyuki
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bao, Xiaoqi
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 6, 2015
Publication Date
March 10, 2013
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials/NDE Symposium
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 10, 2013
End Date: March 14, 2013
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
health monitoring
Hilbert Transform
monitoring steam condensation
High Temperatures (HT)
Fluid height monitoring

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