Abstract: A method of monitoring operation of a reactor system includes causing a chemical reaction to occur within an assembly of the reactor system, and measuring a chemical composition of one or more reactants of the chemical reaction with spatial resolution at a plurality of points along a path within the assembly using a sensor system structured to implement distributed sensing. The sensor system includes an optical fiber sensing member provided at least partially within the assembly, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in the chemical composition of the one or more reactants.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 19, 2022
Publication date:
August 4, 2022
Applicants:
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UNITED STATES DEPATMENT OF ENERGY
Inventors:
Peng K. Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Thomas D. Brown, Kirk R. Gerdes, Michael P. Buric