SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OIL CONTENT IN WATER USING LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENT IMAGING

摘要

The invention is a system and method to measure oil content in water utilizing the fluorescence of oil emitted under excitation by laser. Oil and water mixture is transferred through the system to a measurement section in a microscope, which produces high resolution 3-dimensional images of the oil and water mixture with the fluorescence. The images are analyzed to calculate the amount of oil in water and oil droplets distribution. The image is also analyzed to distinguish oil coated solids from oil droplets, and to calculate the sizes and volumes of the solids.

主权项

1. A measurement system for determining the amount of oil in water and the distribution of oil droplet sizes, comprising
a. Water sampling piping and valves; b. A measurement section between the valves; c. A microscope with a laser source, which illuminates the sample in the measurement section with laser; d. A light to electrical signal converter for converting the laser induced fluorescent; emissions from the sample in measurement section to images; e. An image processing unit; f. A reporting device which is a human-machine interface.