IP Library Granted Patent US 11,703,189
Granted Patent B2
US 11,703,189 · App. 17/272,394 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Fluid leakage diagnosing device, fluid leakage diagnosing system, fluid leakage diagnosing method, and recording medium storing fluid leakage diagnosing program

Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Shigeki Shinoda (Tokyo, JP); Junichiro Mataga (Tokyo, JP); Katsumi Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
F17D5/06G01M3/243
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Patent No.
US 11,703,189
App. No.
17/272,394
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid leakage diagnosing device includes: when fluid leakage relating to a pipeline is being diagnosed by employing adaptive signal processing to suppress a component of a disturbance vibration contained in a vibration measured at a prescribed location in the pipeline, an acquiring unit that acquires distribution information that is associated with a characteristic of the pipeline and represents an actual distribution result of a value of a parameter in the adaptive signal processing when performance of suppressing the component of the disturbance vibration satisfies a criterion; an estimating unit that, based on the distribution information, estimates a probability density at which the value of the parameter with which the performance satisfies the criterion exists; and a determining unit that, based on the probability density estimated by the estimating unit, determines a range to search for the value of the parameter in the adaptive signal processing.

Claims (34)

1. A fluid leakage diagnosing device comprising:

at least one memory storing a computer program; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer program to,

when fluid leakage relating to a pipeline is diagnosed by employing adaptive signal processing to suppress a component of a disturbance vibration contained in a vibration measured at a prescribed location in the pipeline,

acquire distribution information that is associated with a characteristic of the pipeline and represents an actual distribution result of values of a parameter in the adaptive signal processing when performance of suppressing the component of the disturbance vibration satisfies a criterion;

based on the distribution information, estimate a probability density at which the values of the parameter exists when the performance satisfies the criterion; and

based on the probability density estimated, determine a range to search for the values of the parameter in the adaptive signal processing.

2. The fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to

estimate the probability density by employing a maximum likelihood estimation method or a kernel density estimation method.

3. The fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to

divide a parameter space in which the values of the parameter are distributed, into a plurality of regions, and calculate an average value of the probability density for each of the regions to determine the range for each of the regions to search, based on the average value being calculated.

4. The fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the characteristic of the pipeline includes a diameter, a material, or a pipeline length relating to the pipeline.

5. The fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to

acquire the values of the parameter by searching the range determined, and suppress the component of the disturbance vibration contained in the vibration being measured by performing the adaptive signal processing using the values of the parameter being acquired.

6. The fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to

use a least mean square method as the adaptive signal processing.

7. The fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to

calculate cross-correlation based on suppressed vibrations relating to a plurality of the prescribed locations, in each of which the component of the disturbance vibration contained in the vibration being measured is suppressed, and

verify presence or absence of the fluid leakage based on the cross-correlation being calculated.

8. A fluid leakage diagnosing system comprising:

the fluid leakage diagnosing device according to claim 1 ; and

sensors for measuring the vibration, the sensors being installed at any location in a section to be investigated for the pipeline and at a generation source of the disturbance vibration.

9. A fluid leakage diagnosing method implemented by an information processing device,

the fluid leakage diagnosing method comprising:

when fluid leakage relating to a pipeline is diagnosed by employing adaptive signal processing to suppress a component of a disturbance vibration contained in a vibration measured at a prescribed location in the pipeline,

acquiring distribution information that is associated with a characteristic of the pipeline and represents an actual distribution result of values of a parameter in the adaptive signal processing when performance of suppressing the component of the disturbance vibration satisfies a criterion;

based on the distribution information, estimating a probability density at which the values of the parameter exists when the performance satisfies the criterion; and

based on the estimated probability density, determining a range to search for the values of the parameter in the adaptive signal processing.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a fluid leakage diagnosing program that causes a computer to execute:

when fluid leakage relating to a pipeline is diagnosed by employing adaptive signal processing to suppress a component of a disturbance vibration contained in a vibration measured at a prescribed location in the pipeline,

acquiring processing of acquiring distribution information that is associated with a characteristic of the pipeline and represents an actual distribution result of values of a parameter in the adaptive signal processing when performance of suppressing the component of the disturbance vibration satisfies a criterion;

estimating processing of, based on the distribution information, estimating a probability density at which the values of the parameter exists when the performance satisfies the criterion; and

determining processing of, based on the probability density estimated by the estimating processing, determining a range to search for the values of the parameter in the adaptive signal processing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: INOUE, HIROFUMI; SHINODA, SHIGEKI; MATAGA, JUNICHIRO; KIKUCHI, KATSUMI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060235/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-165442 · Sep 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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