US Patent Issued to INNOVAS TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 23 for "System and method for monitoring and diagnosis of heat exchanger tube health" (Iowa, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,411, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to INNOVAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Coralville, Iowa).

"System and method for monitoring and diagnosis of heat exchanger tube health" was invented by Charles B. Dirks (North Liberty, Iowa), Brian G. Jamieson (Severna Park, Md.) and Michael A. Crocker (Iowa City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for monitoring heat exchanger tube health without requiring the heat exchanger system to be shut down and disassembled and without operator intervention. At least one wireless sensor ball (WSB) assembly is positioned in the heat exchanger system. The heat exchanger system includes an ultra...