System and method for the identification and separation of compounds carried in a fluid stream
OwnerPhuc Vinh Truong, Midnight Zero +1inventors
InventorsPhuc Vinh Truong, Midnight Zero, Phuc Thien Truong
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Described herein is a method of identifying components in a fluid stream. Particularly, the invention relates to the identification and/or separation of one or more materials suspended in a fluid stream.
Claims25
A method of identifying and separating compounds carried in a fluid stream, the method comprising:
- passing the fluid stream through a detection system;
- determining the properties of compounds in the fluid stream as the fluid stream passes through the detection system;
- selecting a flow channel for the fluid stream to be sent based on one or more properties of the compounds in the fluid stream;
- directing the fluid stream to the selected flow channel to separate the compounds.
6-8. (canceled)
12:
- The method of claim 1, wherein determining the properties of the compounds further comprises determining the shape of the compounds in the fluid stream as the fluid stream passes through the detection system, wherein selecting a flow channel for the fluid stream to be sent after leaving the detection system is based on the shape of the compounds in the fluid stream.
A system for identifying and separating compounds carried in a fluid stream, the system comprising:
- a detection system configured to receive the fluid stream, wherein the detection system is configured to determine the properties of the compounds in the fluid stream as the fluid stream passes through the detection system;
- a data analysis device coupled to the detector, wherein the data analysis device comprises a processor and a memory source, the processor operable to execute program instructions, and wherein the program instructions are operable to determine the properties of the compounds in the fluid stream as the fluid stream passes through the detection system;
- one or more valves coupled to the detection system and the data analysis device;
- and
- a plurality of flow channels coupled to the one or more valves;
- wherein, during use, the data analysis device selects a flow channel for the fluid stream to be sent after leaving the detection system based on one or more properties of the compounds in the fluid stream;
- and wherein the data analysis device operates the one or more valves to direct the fluid stream to the selected flow channel after the fluid stream passes through the detection system to separate the material.
16-18. (canceled)
20-22. (canceled)
(canceled)
A method of identifying and separating metal containing particles carried in a fluid stream, the method comprising:
- passing the fluid stream through a detection system;
- identifying properties of the metal containing particles in the fluid stream as the fluid stream passes through the detection system;
- selecting a flow channel for the fluid stream to be sent after leaving the detection system based on the properties of the metal containing particles in the fluid stream;
- directing the fluid stream to the selected flow channel after the fluid stream passes through the detection system to separate the metal containing particles.
31-35. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.