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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Paul R. Hart, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Lee E. Nuebling, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Robert R. Cleary, Pearland, TX (US);
Virgil T. Little, Missouri City, TX (US);
Jan H. Beetge, Pearland, TX (US);
Paul R. Hart, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Lee E. Nuebling, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Robert R. Cleary, Pearland, TX (US);
Virgil T. Little, Missouri City, TX (US);
Jan H. Beetge, Pearland, TX (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
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.