Abstract:
An apparatus for the determination of sulphur content of marine fuel oil in a marine vessel propulsion system comprises a sampling station (8) adapted to present a sample of the marine fuel oil for analysis to an analyser having a complementary emitter (16,20) and detector (22,24,26) arrangement configured to respectively couple energy in one or both of the infra red and near infra red spectral regions into and to detect coupled energy after its interaction with, the marine fuel oil presented for analysis. The optical analyser further comprises a spectrometer (14) for generating a representation of an intensity variation of the detected coupled energy and computational means (28,32) adapted to analyse the representation to produce output signals (30) indicating a sulphur content of the marine fuel oil usable in control of functional elements of the marine vessel propulsion system.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device for the spectrometric assay of a liquid vinefication product (1) comprising an optical spectrometer (5) adapted to generate spectral information from the contents of a spectroscopic a sample cell (4); a data processor having access to a chemometric calibration (11) developed from a spectral database (12) linking optical spectral information to compounds of interest in the liquid vinefication product (1) and configured to process the same to generate an output result (13) indicative of the presence of one or more compounds of interest in the liquid vinefication product (1) characterized in that the device further comprises a freezer unit (3) adapted for freeze distillation of the liquid vinefication product (1) to generate a liquid distillate for analysis in the spectroscopic sample cell (4).
Abstract:
An apparatus for spectrophotometric analysis comprises a sample reception surface, which is arranged to receive a sample to be analysed, and a sample contacting surface, which is moveable in relation to the sample reception surface such that it may be brought to a first position, where the surfaces are sufficiently far apart to allow the sample to be placed on the sample reception surface, and a second position, where the sample contacting surface makes contact with the sample and compresses the sample. The apparatus further comprises a sample thickness controller, which is arranged to control the distance between the sample reception surface and the sample contacting surface in the second position of the sample contacting surface, such that a sample thickness between the surfaces may be shifted for obtaining at least two measurements of the sample at different optical path lengths through the sample.