US Patent Issued to Dresser on Feb. 17 for "Monitoring condition of a valve plug in a valve" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,538, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dresser LLC (Houston).

"Monitoring condition of a valve plug in a valve" was invented by Navin Sakthivel (Spring, Texas), Cyril Vlassoff (Saint-Georges des Groseillers, France), Mikhail Anisimov (Houston), Stanley Amirthasamy (Houston) and George Dodan (Saint Johns, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring unit is configured for use on a valve. These configurations may include sensors that can generate data consistent with physical condition of a closure member, like a valve "plug," when the valve is in service on a process line. Analysis of this data may indicate erosion on the plug th...