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Interface detector

US6853199B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2002
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N22/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A separating drum 1 is provided with a device for determining the position, the composition and the nature of several layers of fluid settling upstream from barrier 8. The device comprises a first rod 12 provided with microwave beam emitters 13, a second rod 14 provided with microwave beam receivers 15, a microwave source 16 that can be connected to emitters 13, and means 17 for recording and analyzing the microwave beams received by receivers 15.

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