Patent SG-11201909387T-A (SG)
Title: Acoustic calibration array for tanks and vessels
Inventor: PARROTT BRIAN
IPC: G01N29/265
Filed: 2018-03-20
Abstract: 00 71. 00 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 25 October 2018 (25.10.2018) WIPO I PCT mu °million °nolo Oil mo Ho mEmo mnio oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/194784 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GO1N 29/04 (2006.01) GO1N 29/265 (2006.01) GO1N 29/07 (2006.01) GO1N 29/34 (2006.01) GO1N 29/22 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/023316 (22) International Filing Date: 20 March 2018 (20.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/491,588 19 April 2017 (19.04.2017) US (71) Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY [SA/SA]; 1 Eastern Avenue, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). (71) Applicant (for US only): ARAMCO SERVICES COM- PANY [US/US]; 9009 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77096 (Us). (72) Inventors: PARROTT, Brian; Room 1-355, Bldg. 24 (RPIC-3), King Abdullah University of Science and Tech- nology, Thuwal, 23955-6900 (SA). ABDELLATIF, Fadl; Room 1-355, Bldg. 24 (RPIC-3), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900 (SA). (74) Agent: GABATHULER, Henry et al.; Leason Ellis LLP, One Barker Avenue, Fifth Floor, White Plains, NY 10601 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: ACOUSTIC CALIBRATION ARRAY FOR TANKS AND VESSELS 100 FIG. 1 (57) : A system and method is disclosed for calibrating the volume of storage containers using mechanical or acoustic wave- based inspection techniques. The exemplary calibration system comprises an array of measurement devices controllably deployed in respective positions on the outside surface of the container. The measurement devices include a transducer for sending signals along the surface of the container and sensors configured to detect the signals. The measurement devices are in communication with a diagnostic computing device that controls the positioning and the operation of the measurement devices and is further configured to determine the time time-of-flight of the signals that travel between the various devices. Moreover, according to the specific arrangement of the measurement devices and the measured signal information, the control computer is configured to calculate the dimensions of the container and its internal volume. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/194784 Al MIDEDIMODOMMERIOMOHMOHOMMOHIMEEM HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))