Sample plate for fluid analysis in a refinery process
US8591814B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/21
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Equipment for analyzing a fluid selected from a hydrocarbon fluid, a refinery feedstock, a refinery intermediate, a product of a refinery process, or a component or reaction product thereof, having a portable apparatus containing at least two different analytical devices, each device being able to analyze the fluid. A sample plate is provided in association with the portable apparatus which has a receiver for a fluid to be analyzed, at least two fluidic channels, at least one sensor capable of responding to a physical or chemical property of the fluid, and/or at least one sample cell, and at least one additional fluidic channel for transferring a portion of the fluid or a component or reaction product thereof from the receiver to the at least one sensor and/or sample cell.
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