Ecolab USA Inc.

Champion Technologies Limited

Lee E Nuebling

Paul Hart

Jan Beetge

Virgil T Little

Paul R Hart

Robert R Cleary

Jan H Beetge

A thermal phase separation simulator and method for testing chemicals is disclosed. The simulator comprises a circular block heater carousel mounted for rotation on a stage. The carousel includes a circular array of test wells for receiving a plurality of test bottles, a plurality of heating elements and thermocouples disposed between the wells. Each well has an illumination port and a vertical slit to the outside to allow visual observation or imaging of a vertical swatch of the bottle. An illumination source aligns with the illumination port of each well in response to rotation of the carousel. The method includes adding a mixed phase fluid to a plurality of bottles, adding a chemical agent to each bottle, and simulating a thermal phase separation. Images of the fluid in each bottle are captured and analyzed to determine the performance of the one or more chemical agents.

Thermal phase separation simulator

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The Woodlands, TX, United States of America

Lee E Nuebling