Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – With raman type light scattering
Patent
1996-05-13
1998-05-12
Hantis, K.
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
With raman type light scattering
356328, G01J 344
Patent
active
057514151
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods for analyzing the chemical composition of fluid streams using Raman spectroscopy are disclosed. The invention is particularly useful in continuously analyzing a fluid stream containing petroleum products, aqueous or biological fluids. The apparatus includes a laser source for producing light having an excitation wavelength. The light is introduced into a bundle of optical fibers connected to a tubular Raman enhancement cell. A transparent optical element (lens and/or window) acts as a barrier element to isolate the flowing sample stream from the optical components. The Raman enhancement cell is configured to allow continuous sample fluid flow therethrough, and it is preferably lined with a material having an index of refraction less than the index of refraction of the fluid stream. Scattered light from the enhancement cell preferably exits the optical fibers as a linear optical signal. A Raman spectrometer passes the optical signal through an excitation wavelength filter, an optical slit, and a volume holographic transmission grating with an aberration correction device before transmitting the optical signal to a charge coupled device array which converts the optical signal into a corresponding electronic signal. The electronic signal is analyzed and converted by computer into a representation of the chemical analysis of the fluid stream.
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Benner Robert E.
Christensen Douglas A.
Harris Joel M.
Johnson Carl W.
Rallison Richard D.
Hantis K.
Process Instruments, Inc.
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