Symyx Technologies, Inc.

Meas France

Stephen Cypes

Eric D Carlson

Leonid Matsiev

James W Bennett

Oleg Kolosov

Shenheng Guan

H Sam Bergh

Jason Wells

Peijun Cong

David Padowitz

Mark Uhrich

Fluid sensor methods and systems adapted for monitoring and/or controlling distillation operations in fluidic systems, such as batch distillation operations or continuous distillation operations, are disclosed. Preferred embodiments are directed to process monitoring and/or process control for unit operations involving endpoint determination of a distillation, for example, as applied to a liquid-component-switching operation (e.g., a solvent switching operation), a liquid-liquid separation operation, a solute concentration operation, a dispersed-phase concentration operation, among others.

System for monitoring and controlling unit operations that include distillation

A library of material samples is provided in a condition suitable for imaging using infrared (IR) spectroscopy. The samples are provided to one or more detection cells, each of the cells including or containing a reflective surface. Preferably, for imaging, an energy source (e.g. a source of infrared radiation) provides energy to the detection cells to interact with the samples. Thereafter, images (e.g., spectra) related to the samples are created based upon the interaction.

Parallel infrared spectroscopy apparatus and method

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