MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647076020 A) filed by Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B. V. on June 19, 2026, for Temperature Monitoring In An Electric Heater.
Inventors include Ghosh, Sumitra; Kummari, Srikanth; and Jain, Vibhore Vimal.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: This invention provides an electric heater unit (150) comprising at least one heating rod (55) with an electrical heating element (60), a fibre optic cable (40), a laser source (10), and a light sensor (20). The fibre optic cable (40) is attached to a surface of the at least one heating rod (55) and along a length thereof, the fibre optic cable (40) comprising a plurality of measurement points distributed over a length of the fibre optic cable (40). The laser source (10) and the light sensor (20) are each coupled to an end of the fibre optic cable (40) for sending a laser signal therebetween. A controller (30) is operatively coupled with the laser source (10) and the light sensor (20), and configured to determine a temperature profile along the length of the heating rod (55), based on the laser signal received by the light sensor (20).
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