Patent ID: 9032792
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing and/or preventing fouling of a sensor operably attached to an apparatus, the sensor measuring at least one parameter within a liquid medium of the apparatus, the method comprising: providing an ultrasound technology comprising a transducer and a probe, wherein the probe is located upstream of the sensor, and wherein the probe and the transducer are operably connected to each other so that the transducer receives a signal from a source, translates the signal to mechanical energy, and transfers the mechanical energy to the probe; submerging at least a portion of the probe into the liquid medium; and operating the ultrasound technology by sending the signal to the transducer so that the probe ultrasonically vibrates upstream of the sensor causing cavitation in the liquid medium downstream of the probe, wherein the cavitation provides a reduction and/or prevention of fouling of the sensor.