A plant or refinery may include equipment such as condensers, regenerators, distillation columns, pumps, slide valves, or the like. Different operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, thereby prolonging equipment life, extending production operating time, or providing other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment to determine whether problems are developing. Specifically, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to predict and detect slide valve hot spots. A shielded, tube skin thermocouple assembly may provide a temperature profile for a slide valve. Tomography may be used to image a slide valve. An operating condition of the plant or refinery may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure.

The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system and method for wellsite equipment, used for monitoring abnormities in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, wherein the monitoring system for wellsite equipment comprises: a dynamic capturing module comprising a video acquisition unit and a dynamic analysis unit, wherein, the video acquisition unit acquires video signals in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, and the motion analysis unit analyzes and determines whether there is abnormal dynamic activity in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment based on acquired video signals; a temperature detection module comprising a temperature acquisition unit and a temperature analysis unit, wherein the temperature acquisition unit acquires temperature distribution in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment, and the temperature analysis unit analyzes and obtains temperature information in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment based on acquired temperature distribution, and determines whether there is temperature anomaly in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment based on the temperature information; and an information processing module configured to determine type of fault in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment based on considering the abnormal dynamic activity and the temperature anomaly separately or both.

An apparatus, in one embodiment, can include a configuration including a plurality of heat generation devices. The apparatus also includes a plurality of thermal sensors respectively, operably connected to each of the plurality of heat generation devices, wherein each thermal sensor of the plurality of thermal sensors includes a respective output terminal configured to provide a voltage representative of the temperature of the respective heat generation device. The apparatus further includes an output circuit configured to output the highest temperature information among the heat generation devices. The output terminals of the plurality of thermal sensors are tied together. A corresponding method is also discussed.

A sensor line, a measuring arrangement and a method detect a change in an ambient variable. The sensor line serves for detecting a change in an ambient variable, in particular the temperature. The sensor line has a first optical waveguide, a second optical waveguide and also a material that changes its transparency depending on the value of the ambient variable. The material is positioned between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide in such a way that light from the first optical waveguide is able to be coupled into the second optical waveguide in an event of a change in the transparency.

A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor die having an active region. The semiconductor device may also include a thermocouple mesh proximate to the active region. The thermocouple mesh may include a first set of wires of a first material extending in a first direction, and a second set of wires of a second material. The second material may be different from the first material. In addition, the second set of wires may extend in a second direction different than the first direction of the first wires.

The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system and method for wellsite equipment, used for monitoring abnormities in the monitoring area of wellsite equipment. The system comprises: a video acquisition unit and a dynamic analysis unit, wherein the video acquisition unit acquires a current video signal of a monitoring area, and the dynamic analysis unit compares the current video signal with a previously acquired video signal; and a thermal imaging device and a temperature analysis unit, wherein the thermal imaging device acquires a temperature distribution of the monitoring area, and the temperature analysis unit obtains current temperature information about the monitoring area based on the temperature distribution, wherein the current temperature information comprises a position in the monitoring area having a highest temperature or a lowest temperature.

An apparatus, in one embodiment, can include a configuration including a plurality of heat generation devices. The apparatus also includes a plurality of thermal sensors respectively, operably connected to each of the plurality of heat generation devices, wherein each thermal sensor of the plurality of thermal sensors includes a respective output terminal configured to provide a voltage representative of the temperature of the respective heat generation device. The apparatus further includes an output circuit configured to output the highest temperature information among the heat generation devices. The output terminals of the plurality of thermal sensors are tied together. A corresponding method is also discussed.

An apparatus, in one embodiment, can include a configuration including a plurality of heat generation devices. The apparatus also includes a plurality of thermal sensors respectively, operably connected to each of the plurality of heat generation devices, wherein each thermal sensor of the plurality of thermal sensors includes a respective output terminal configured to provide a voltage representative of the temperature of the respective heat generation device. The apparatus further includes an output circuit configured to output the highest temperature information among the heat generation devices. The output terminals of the plurality of thermal sensors are tied together. A corresponding method is also discussed.

A heat sensor assembly for a power distribution system is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a cable, containing a plurality of at least three heat sensors arranged along the length of the cable, each of the heat sensors being spaced from the next by an interval: an end module at a first end of the cable, the end module having a corresponding plurality of terminal pairs, each terminal pair being dedicated to one of the heat sensors; circuitry inside the cable, connecting each of the heat sensors across a corresponding one of the terminal pairs such that each terminal pair outputs a temperature signal indicative of the temperature sensed by the corresponding heat sensor; and a controller configured to receive the temperature signal from each terminal pair and to compare the temperature signals against one another to determine whether the temperature sensed by any one of the heat sensors differs from that sensed by the other heat sensors by more than a predetermined threshold (T.sub.ALARM), and if so to generate an alarm signal.

A system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device, to perform operations including receiving, from a thermal sensor group including thermal sensors, hotspot temperature measurements with respect to a hotspot. Each temperature measurement is received from a respective thermal sensor. The operations further include determining, from the temperature measurements, a generalized hotspot temperature measurement for the thermal sensor group.