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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Nicolas Di Cesare, Drummondville, CA;
Nicolas Di Cesare, Drummondville, CA;
Cascades Canada Inc., Kingsey Falls, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A method is provided for measuring hydrophobic contaminants distributed in paper pulp suspension. The method comprises: adding a fluorescent dye () to the paper pulp suspension () including fibers and hydrophobic contaminants, the dye () interacting with the hydrophobic contaminants of the paper pulp suspension (); submitting the paper pulp suspension () including the fibers, the hydrophobic contaminants, and the dye () to light characterized by a wavelength exciting the dye () to produce light emission signals; and detecting the light emission signals and evaluating the signals to measure the hydrophobic contaminants.