Polymer film fuel detector
AssigneesSaudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsMaha Nour, Esraa Fakeih, Sumana Bhattacharjee, Khaled Nabil Salama, Abdullah Hassan Bukhamsin
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting aromatic compounds mixed with aliphatic compounds are provided. An exemplary system includes a lower substrate including a test magnet, a polymer film including a film magnet, and an upper substrate disposed over the polymer film, wherein the upper substrate includes an opening extending to the polymer film.
Claims24
A method for detecting aromatic compounds mixed with aliphatic compounds, comprising:
- placing a sample of a test fluid on a polymer film through an opening in an upper substrate, wherein the polymer film is under stress from a film magnet and a test magnet in a lower substrate below the polymer film;
- starting a timer when the sample contacts the polymer film;
- stopping the timer when the polymer film breaks, wherein a difference in time between starting the timer and stopping the timer provides a test time;
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- using the test time to determine if an aromatic compound is present in the test fluid.
The method of 1, wherein the film magnet is positioned in a center of the polymer film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.