Method for process line testing
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorMartin Lamar Sentmanat
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Abstract
An apparatus capable of characterizing the fluid content of chemicals in a reaction line comprises a rheometer. The apparatus can be connected to or included in a reaction flow stream, and has a retractable wall 26 that opens to provide an opening 28 that permits a portion of the reaction flow steam to enter into sampling chamber 12. The sample is isolated from the flow stream and rheometric data is obtained from the sample. In the method of the invention, data on the sample is collected and transferred to a computer. The computer is used to analyze the data, and optionally can be used to control reaction parameters in the reaction flow stream.
Claims5
A method for analyzing the chemical or physical properties of a fluid in a reaction flow stream comprising the steps of
- (a) providing an analyzer for analyzing fluid in a reaction flow stream, said analyzer having a sample chamber;
- (b) opening an inlet of said sample chamber to obtain a sample of fluid from the reaction flow stream;
- (c) closing said inlet and then determining the rheological viscoelastic properties of the sample of fluid in said sample chamber of said analyzer;
- (d) collecting data on the physical and/or chemical properties of a fluid from said analyzer and storing said data in a computer, and
- (e) using said computer to monitor and adjust the control variables of the chemical reaction process in said reaction flow stream, wherein the analyzer data is used by the computer to determine current reaction conditions and to control the reaction parameters to maintain or achieve preselected reaction conditions.
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