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US 12,216,097 B2Granted
Sample cylinder content identification system and method thereof
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorAhmad Saeed Al-Saffar
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Abstract
A method for identifying a sample includes collecting a sample in a sample cylinder, directing the sample from the sample cylinder to a tube with controlled pressure, and identifying a phase, a color, and existence of impurities of the sample through a transparent portion of the tube.
Claims4
A method for identifying a sample comprising:
- collecting a sample in a sample cylinder;
- directing the sample from the sample cylinder to a tube, using a pressure control system disposed between the sample cylinder and the tube, such that a pressure in the tube is at a same level as a pressure in the sample cylinder;
- identifying a phase of the sample and increasing the pressure in the tube to observe phase change of the sample;
- identifying whether or not oily sludge or black particles exist in the sample through a transparent portion of the tube;
- analyzing the sample using gas chromatography if neither oily sludge nor black particles are identified through the transparent portion of the tube, and
- filtering the sample if oily sludge and/or black particles are identified through the transparent portion of the tube.
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