Acoustic signal detection of material composition in static and dynamic conditions

A system for material composition detection, the system comprising:

• a vessel containing a quantity of a material composition therein, the material composition having at least a first material and a second material;
• at least one acoustic transducer positioned on an exterior sidewall of the vessel;
• and
• a computerized device having a processor, the computerized device in communication with the at least one acoustic transducer, wherein at least one metric of a property of the first material is determined by the computerized device based on a first signal of the at least one acoustic transducer, at least one metric of a property of the second material is determined by the computerized device based on a second signal of the at least one acoustic transducer, and at least one metric of a property of the material composition at a point in time is determined by the computerized device based on the metrics of the first and second materials, and at least a determinable volume of at least a portion of the vessel, and wherein a material identity of the material composition is determined at the point in time.

A method for material composition detection, the method comprising:

• holding or transporting a quantity of a fluid composition within a vessel, the fluid composition having at least a first fluid and a second fluid;
• emitting at least one acoustic signal into the vessel with at least one acoustic transducer positioned on an exterior sidewall of the vessel;
• and
• determining, using a processor of a computerized device in communication with the at least one acoustic transducer, at least one metric of a property of the first fluid based on a first signal of the at least one acoustic transducer;
• determining, using the processor of a computerized device, at least one metric of a property of the second fluid based on a second signal of the at least one acoustic transducer;
• determining, using the processor of the computerized device, at least one metric of a property of the fluid composition at a point in time based on the metrics of the first and second fluids, and at least a determinable volume of at least a portion of the vessel;
• and
• determining, using the processor of the computerized device, a material identity of the fluid composition at the point in time based on the property of the fluid composition.