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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:
The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Inventors:
Esra Al Hosani, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Mahmoud Meribout, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Assignee:
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/85 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/85 (2013.01); G01J 3/0218 (2013.01); G01J 3/0264 (2013.01); G01J 3/0278 (2013.01); G01J 3/2803 (2013.01); G01J 3/42 (2013.01); G01J 3/44 (2013.01); G01J 3/4412 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8578 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for determination of contaminants, such as black powder, in a flowing fluid, such as natural gas, is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a plurality of light beams over a spectrum of wavelengths through the flowing fluid and receiving a plurality of measurements relating to transmitted and scattered light beams over the spectrum of wavelengths. The received plurality of measurements are compared with a plurality of stored patterns and a result indicative of the determination of the contaminants is output.