| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/SE97/00395 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 2, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 2, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 7, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/33154 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 1997A bubble detector includes a conduit (1) through which a first fluid having a first refractive index is intended to flow, a light source (3) which directs a light beam (4; 41, 42) through a transparent conduit wall-part (12), through the conduit cavity and out through a second transparent conduit wall-part, and a detector means (5; 51, 52, 53) adapted to receive the light beam (4, 41) after the beam has passed through the conduit and the first fluid therein. The two opposing transparent wall-parts (12, 11) of the conduit (1) are trans-illuminated by the light beam and are essentially planar and parallel. The light source (3) is adapted to direct the beam (4) at an oblique angle ( alpha ) to the proximal transparent wall-part (12) of the conduit (1), so that the light source will be broken into different paths (41, 42) depending on whether the beam passes the first fluid or a second conduit-carried fluid having a different refractive index, such as a bubble. The detector means (5; 53; 51, 52) is adapted to be impinged upon by the beam (4, 42) exiting from the conduit (1) irrespective of the refractive index of the fluids, and the detector means (5; 53; 51, 52) is adapted to deliver an output signal that is dependent on the position at which the beam (41, 42) impinges on the detector means, so as to enable the occurrence of bubbles in the first fluid to be identified. |
