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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Applicant:
Robert A. Moss, Simsbury, CT (US);
Inventor:
Robert A. Moss, Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Veeder-Root Company, Simsbury, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 9/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of determining if phase separation into an upper layer of a first fluid and a lower layer of a first fluid has occurred in a tank containing a first fluid, the method including determining a first density of the first fluid adjacent a top surface of the first fluid, determining a second density of the first fluid adjacent a bottom of the tank, and comparing the first density of the first fluid to the second density of the first fluid to determine if the first fluid has separated into the upper layer of the first fluid and the lower layer of the first fluid separated by a phase separation boundary.