Vibration Monitoring System
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a vibration monitoring device and methods for using the same. Specifically, the invention relates to a vibration monitoring device which may be utilized throughout a delayed coker unit operation to ascertain whether the cutting tool is boring, cutting or ramping mode.
1. A device for monitoring a cutting tool in a delayed coker unit operation, comprising:
a vibration sensor structured to detect when the cutting tool is switched between boring mode and cutting mode;
an output signal from said vibration sensor; and
a computer system comprising software resident on said computer system structured to receive said output signal and convert the output signal into a usable wave form.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said detection is accomplished without raising the cutting tool out of a coke drum for mechanical alteration or inspection.
3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a visual display structured to display what mode the cutting tool is in.
4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising vibrational data, which is utilized to provide information regarding a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said vibration sensor comprises an accelerometer.
6. The device of claim 5 , further comprising an additional accelerometer.
7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless relay device structured to communicate data between said vibration sensor and said computer system.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein said vibration sensor is hardwired to said computer system.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein said output signal is routed to a fast fourier transform.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein said output signal is converted into a fast fourier transform fingerprint which may be utilized as a signature associated with a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein said mechanical status is said boring mode.
12. The device of claim 10 , wherein said mechanical status is said cutting mode.
13. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an accelerometer wherein the accelerometer provides an output signal;
at least one network access point structured to receive the output signal from the accelerometer;
software resident on said computer system for converting the output signal into a useful wave form; and
a display apparatus structured to provide information about a status of the cutting tool.
14. A vibration monitoring device, comprising:
a housing;
a transducer coupled at a position in a delayed coker unit operation, the transducer providing an output signal representative of an operational status of a cutting tool;
a fourier transform, structured to modify the output signal;
a display structured to indicate the operational status of the cutting tool; and
a computer system comprising software resident on said computer system structured to receive said output signal and convert the output signal into a usable wave form.
15. A system for determining a fast fourier transform wave pattern associated with cutting, boring and ramping modes of a cutting tool inside a coke drum comprising:
a vibration sensor structured to generate data;
an output signal from said vibration sensor;
a central processing unit comprising software resident on said central processing unit structured to receive said output signal and convert the output signal into a usable wave form and, a central processing unit structured to identify whether the cutting tool is boring or cutting; and
a display operatively connected to said central processing unit.
16. A method of determining status of a cutting tool in a delayed coker operation, comprising:
mounting a transducer to a position in a delayed coker unit operation to provide an output signal related to an operational status of the cutting tool;
routing said output signal to at least one network access point;
transmitting said output signal from said at least one access point to a computer system, wherein software resident on said computer system converts the output signal into a useful wave form;
determining whether the cutting tool is cutting or boring; and
displaying the status of the cutting tool in a coke drum.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said determining is accomplished without raising the cutting tool out of a coke drum for mechanical alteration or inspection.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising transmitting the output signal from said transducer to a wireless relay device; and communicating data between said wireless relay device to a computer system.
19. The method of claim 16 , wherein said determining further comprises the steps of receiving data from a vibration monitor; and converting the data into a usable wave form.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein said converting comprises transforming said data into a fast fourier transform fingerprint, which may be utilized as a signature associated with the operational status of the cutting tool.
21. A device for monitoring a cutting tool in a delayed coker unit operation, comprising:
a vibration sensor structured to detect when the cutting tool is switched between boring mode and cutting mode comprising an accelerometer wherein the accelerometer provides an output signal;
at least one network access point structured to receive the output signal from the accelerometer;
a computer system comprising software resident on said computer system for converting the output signal into a useful wave form; and
a display apparatus structured to provide information about a status of the cutting tool.
22. The device of claim 21 , wherein the display is structured to display what mode the cutting tool is in.
23. The device of claim 21 , further comprising vibrational data, which is utilized to provide information regarding a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
24. The device of claim 21 , further comprising a wireless relay device structured to communicate data between said vibration sensor and said computer system.
25. The device of claim 21 , wherein said vibration sensor is hardwired to said computer system.
26. The device of claim 21 , wherein said output signal is routed to a fast fourier transform.
27. The device of claim 26 , wherein said output signal is converted into a fast fourier transform fingerprint which may be utilized as a signature associated with a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
28. The device of claim 27 , wherein said mechanical status is said boring mode.
29. The device of claim 27 , wherein said mechanical status is said cutting mode.
30. A device for monitoring a cutting tool in a delayed coker unit operation, comprising:
a vibration sensor structured to detect when the cutting tool is switched between boring mode and cutting mode;
an output signal from said vibration sensor; and
a computer system comprising software structured to convert the output signal into a signature associated with a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
31. The device of claim 30 , further comprising a visual display structured to display what mode the cutting tool is in.
32. The device of claim 30 , wherein said vibration sensor comprises an accelerometer.
33. The device of claim 30 , further comprising a wireless relay device structured to communicate data between said vibration sensor and said computer system.
34. The device of claim 30 , wherein said vibration sensor is hardwired to said computer system.
35. The device of claim 30 , wherein said mechanical status is said boring mode.
36. The device of claim 30 , wherein said mechanical status is said cutting mode.
37. The device of claim 30 , further comprising:
an accelerometer wherein the accelerometer provides an output signal;
at least one network access point structured to receive the output signal from the accelerometer;
software resident on said computer system for converting the output signal into a useful wave form; and
a display apparatus structured to provide information about a status of the cutting tool.
38. A device for monitoring a delayed coker unit operation, comprising:
a vibration sensor structured;
an output signal from said vibration sensor; and
a computer system comprising software structured to convert the output signal into a signature associated with a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
39. The device of claim 38 , further comprising a visual display structured to display what mode the cutting tool is in.
40. The device of claim 38 , further comprising vibrational data, which is utilized to provide information regarding a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
41. The device of claim 38 , wherein said vibration sensor is an accelerometer.
42. The device of claim 38 , further comprising a wireless relay device structured to communicate data between said vibration sensor and said computer system.
43. The device of claim 38 , wherein said vibration sensor is hardwired to said computer system.
44. The device of claim 43 , wherein said output signal is routed to a fast fourier transform.
45. The device of claim 44 , wherein said output signal is converted into a fast fourier transform fingerprint which may be utilized as a signature associated with a mechanical status of the cutting tool.
46. The device of claim 44 , wherein said mechanical status is one of said boring mode, said cutting mode, material thickness in a pipe, bearing wear, mechanical deterioration, coke clogging, movement of fluids in pipes and movement of gas in pipes.
47. The device of claim 38 , further comprising:
an accelerometer wherein the accelerometer provides an output signal;
at least one network access point structured to receive the output signal from the accelerometer;
software resident on said computer system for converting the output signal into a useful wave form; and
a display apparatus structured to provide information about a status of the cutting tool.