POWDER TRANSPORT DIAGNOSTICS

Abstract: an example system includes at least one acoustic sensor configured to generate at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal indicative of an acoustic signal generated by a system performing a powder transport process possessing a plurality of process attributes. the powder transport process may include a flow of a powder stream along at least one path. the system may further include a computing device including an acoustic data signal processing module configured to receive the at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal, and transform the at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal to a frequency-domain spectrum. each process attribute of the plurality of process attributes may be associated with at least one respective frequency band. the computing device may include a correlation module configured to determine a process attribute of the plurality of process attributes by identifying at least one characteristic of the frequency-domain spectrum.

Inventor(s): Taylor K. Blair, Scott Nelson, Benjamin W. Lagow, Matthew R. Gold

CPC Classification: G01N29/44 (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms , ))

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