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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Applicants:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc., Ankeny, IA (US);
Inventors:
Jay Edward Locklear, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Baugh, Houston, TX (US);
Pierre Varineau, Ankeny, IA (US);
Wei Wei, Ankeny, IA (US);
Assignees:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc., Ankeny, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); C02F 5/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2013.01); C02F 5/08 (2013.01); G01N 21/643 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 27/44726 (2013.01); G01N 33/1833 (2013.01); G01N 33/2823 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7786 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a concentration of a scale inhibitor in a water system that includes contacting a scale inhibitor with a dye in a capillary channel to form a complex effective to generate fluorescence; measuring a fluorescence signal generated by the complex; and, determining the concentration of the scale inhibitor based on the fluorescence signal.