Patent ID: 11885217
Assignee: AKER SOLUTIONS AS
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
two tubular elements;
a primary seal and a secondary seal arranged between the two tubular elements;
a seal cavity formed between the two tubular elements, the primary seal and the secondary seal; and
a seal monitoring apparatus comprising a housing and a position sensor,
the housing comprising a chamber wherein is arranged a separator, the separator dividing the chamber into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber, the first sub-chamber being fluidly connected to the seal cavity and being filled with a hydraulic fluid, the separator being movable in a first direction relative to the housing so as to increase a volume of the first sub-chamber and to decrease a volume of the second sub-chamber, and in a second direction relative to the housing so as to decrease the volume of the first sub-chamber and to increase the volume of the second sub-chamber, and
the position sensor being configured to generate an electrical signal which represents a position of the separator relative to the housing.