MONITORING OF FOULING OR OF LOSS OF MATERIAL OF HEAT TRANSFER TUBES IN A COMBUSTION VESSEL BY RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS - Patent 1287309

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EP 1 287 309 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10

(21)	Application number: 00938186.4

(22)	Date of filing: 06.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01B 7/06, G01K 1/02, G01N 17/00, G01N 27/20

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0015/580

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0109/4876 (13.12.2001 Gazette 2001/50)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71)	Applicant: ALSTOM POWER INC.
	Windsor, Connecticut 06095 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GOODSTINE, Stephen, L. Windsor, CT 06095 (US) SIMON, Jonathan, S. Pleasant Valley, CT 06063 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hellwig, Tillmann, Dr.
	Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & BeckerPatentanwälte,Postfach 103762 70032 Stuttgart 70032 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	MONITORING OF FOULING OR OF LOSS OF MATERIAL OF HEAT TRANSFER TUBES IN A COMBUSTION VESSEL BY RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS