US Patent Issued to Amec Foster Wheeler USA on Sept. 16 for "Method and system for measurement of coke drum deformation" (Texas, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,491, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Amec Foster Wheeler USA Corp. (Houston).

"Method and system for measurement of coke drum deformation" was invented by John C. Buckley (Spring, Texas) and Robert J. Clark (Kechi, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coke drum measurement system includes a first target coupled to an upper aspect of a coke drum and a second target arranged generally perpendicular to the first target. A first optical measurement device is arranged to visualize the first target and measure a distance between the first optical measurement device and the first target. A second optical measurement device is arranged...