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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066960 | Method and device for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products, as well as a computer program for controlling such a device, and a corresponding computer readable storage medium A device and a method for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products, as well as a computer program for controlling such a device, and a corresponding computer readable storage medium, which are applicable, in particular, for the simulation of the ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 6931188 | Side-hole cane waveguide sensor A side-hole optical cane for measuring pressure and/or temperature is disclosed. The side-hole cane has a light guiding core containing a sensor and a cladding containing symmetrical side-holes extending substantially parallel to the core. The side-holes cause an as... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6736980 | Prognostic health monitoring of fluidic systems using MEMS technology The present invention is directed to a filter module that may incorporate sensors to measure various characteristics of fluid flow and filtration. The sensors may be MEMS and may measure the temperature, flow rate, pressure, etc. of the fluid. Sensor measurements ma... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6395557 | Method for determining an analyte present in a solution The invention relates to a method for determining an analyte in a solution. This method includes the following steps: a) fixing and immobilizing said analyte, for example via the presence of a ligand L, on the inner surface of a conduit (3) having a reduced cr... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5376280 | Flocculation control system and method A flocculation control system for controlling a feed rate of a flocculant into an aqueous slurry comprises an elongate settling tube having an open lower end for placing into the slurry. An air eductor creates a subatmospheric pressure within the settling... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5314581 | Apparatus for simulating processing parameters and predicting variables in a papermaking operation including sequential pulsation, gravity and vacuum drainage, fines retention and paper formation An apparatus and method to simultaneously evaluate the drainage, retention and formation characteristics of paper pulp comprising mixing the paper pulp furnish in the top chamber of the apparatus, releasing the furnish into a middle chamber via a valve ha... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4794789 | Rapid sediment analyzer The Rapid Sediment Analyzer provides information on the size distribution of a sample of finely divided particulate matter (e.g. sand) by monitoring the weight and the rate with which the particles fall through a column of liquid (e.g. water). A digital c... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4287757 | Instrumental measuring method for determining the size-distribution of grained material An instrumental measuring method for determining the size-distribution of grained material is described in which the material is evenly distributed in a fluid then the fluid is let in rest state when the materials gets sedimenting, and during sedimentatio... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4175426 | Apparatus for measuring the sedimentation characteristics of particulate solids in liquid An apparatus for measuring the sedimentation characteristics of particulate solids in liquid is disclosed. The apparatus comprises two separate vertical housings adapted to be filled to the same level with a liquid less dense than the particulate solids t... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4140007 | Suspended-solids meter In order to determine the percentage of suspended solids in a slurry, a hollow tube is extended into a slurry tank in which the solids are kept in suspension by a mixer. The tube allows the liquid within it to be isolated from the action of the mixer, so ... | 02/20/1979 |
