Abstract:
A method of determining a pathlength deviation of a sample (610), the method comprising: exposing the sample (610) to electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of wavenumbers, determining electromagnetic absorption in the sample (610) at the plurality of wavenumbers, determining a first wavenumber associated with a first absorption level of an absorption band and a second wavenumber associated with a second absorption level of the absorption band, wherein the second wavenumber is different from the first wavenumber, determining a difference between the first wavenumber and the second wavenumber, and determining the pathlength deviation based on the difference.
Abstract:
A device for determining one or more parameters of interest for bioalcohol liquors comprising a sample compartment (202), a source of infrared radiation (200), a means for detection (204) of one or more one or more spectral characteristics in the spectral region from 400 cm -1 to 4000 cm -1 , and a means of data processing (206) characterised in that the sample presentation unit is arranged to provide an optical interface for absorption spectroscopy and the means of data processing (206) is specifically configured to predict said one or more parameters of interest from said one or more spectral characteristics.
Abstract:
A method of correcting for an amplitude change in a spectrometric instrument (300) output due to changes in an optical path length through the sample holder (600), the method comprising: exposing a sample in a sample holder (600) to electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of wavenumbers; detecting electromagnetic absorption intensities in the sample at the plurality of wavenumbers; providing to a computer device (510) the detected absorption intensities indexed against wavenumber as spectral data; and applying in the computer device (510) a mathematical transform (lcorr) to the spectral data to correct for an amplitude change in the spectrometric instrument's (300) output and calculated by determining a difference (Δ(SBz)') between absorbance values at two different wavenumber ranges in a first derivative of spectral data (SBz1) from a zero material sample; and calculating the mathematical transform (lcorr) as a function inversely dependent on the determined difference (Δ(SBz)')
Abstract:
A method for analyzing a sample, the method comprising the steps of providing a spectral data representation (1) of the sample, where the spectral data representation is in the form an image representation of spectral data obtained from the sample, providing a data processing device (2) and a learning data architecture (3), making (200) the spectral data representation (1) available to the data processing device (2), and analyzing (300, 500, 800), by means of the learning data architecture (3) and the data processing device (2), the spectral data representation (1) made available to the data processing device (2) to determine one or more physicochemical properties of the sample.
Abstract:
A method of standardizing an output of an electrical property sensor (300) comprising the steps of: comparing in a data processor a measured magnitude (Condm) of the electrical property of an electrically conductive liquid obtained with the electrical property sensor with a reference magnitude (Condr) of the electrical property (320); and determining in the data processor a standardization factor (F) dependent on a ratio of the reference magnitude (Condr) and the measured magnitude (Condm) (340); wherein there is provided a step of calculating the reference magnitude (Condr) (330) comprising obtaining by a spectrometer spectral data resulting from an interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the electrically conductive liquid (310); and applying in the data processor a mathematical model to the spectral data to calculate the reference magnitude (Condr), which mathematical model links spectral data to magnitude of the electrical property.
Abstract:
A device for determining one or more parameters of interest for raw materials, intermediates and products of bioalcohol production, comprising a sample presentation unit, a source of radiation and a means of detection characterised in that the source of radiation and the means of detection are configured for recorded one or more spectral characteristics in the spectral region from 1000 cm-1 to 5000 cm-1.
Abstract:
A method of determining a pathlength deviation of a sample (610), the method comprising: exposing the sample (610) to electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of wavenumbers, determining electromagnetic absorption in the sample (610) at the plurality of wavenumbers, determining a first wavenumber associated with a first absorption level of an absorption band and a second wavenumber associated with a second absorption level of the absorption band, wherein the second wavenumber is different from the first wavenumber, determining a difference between the first wavenumber and the second wavenumber, and determining the pathlength deviation based on the difference.