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US 8,007,655 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for measuring properties of weak electrolytic, organic fluids such as hydrocarbon-based fluids
AssigneeGeorgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsSteven Danyluk, Francis Mess, Sergey Tereshko, Anatoly Zharin
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Abstract
A method and system for determining chemical properties of a fluid. The method and system include providing a weak electrolyte fluid, a container for the fluid, a detection method performed by a device having at least two electrodes, a detection and amplification device coupled to the electrodes and a sensed current compared to an uncontaminated, base fluid or compared to data characteristic of fluid contaminated or chemically changed in order to monitor and characterize the fluid.
Claims5
A method of determining chemical properties of a fluid, comprising the steps of:
- placing a weak electrolytic hydrocarbon fluid into a fluid container;
- disposing a detection device at least partly in the fluid container, the detection device including at least two electrodes;
- coupling a detection and amplification device to the at least two electrodes, the at least two electrodes and the weak electrolytic hydrocarbon fluid collectively generating a galvanic electrical current sensible by the detection and amplification device;
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- measuring a change in composition of the weak electrolytic hydrocarbon fluid based on a change in the galvanic electrical current.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.