Device for separation of media into their components having means for detection and adjustment of the phase boundary

US5260598A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fresenius AG · DE

Inventors

• Henning Brass · Homburg, DE
• Stefan Kreber · Riegelsberg, DE
• Arthur Meisberger · Sankt Wendel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 1992
• Grant date: Nov 9, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2015/047
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A separation device with a transparent separation chamber, whereby a direct light source illuminates the components to be separated and the individual components reflect the light intensity as a function of their individual coloring (brightness) via optics onto a linear group of photodetectors. The signals received by the detectors are forwarded to a computing unit in which they are processed. A regulating unit, which operates very precisely due to the accuracy and the high speed of the receiver and computing unit, is controlled according to a program and thus assures optimum separation performance of the separation device.