Abstract:
A FUNCTION GENERATOR IN COMBINATION WITH THE NET OIL COMPUTER OF U.S. PATENT NO. 3,385,108. THE CHANGE IN AMPLITUDE OF THE VOLTAGE PRODUCED FROM A CAPACITANCE DEVICE IS NONLINEAR WITH A CHANGE IN THE RATIO OF CONSTITUENTS OF A FLUID MIXTURE. THE VOLTAGE IS AMPLIFIED BY A CURVE-SHAPER CIRCUIT COMPRISED OF A VOLTAGE-DIVIDING ARRANGEMENT OF RESISTORS THROUGH WHICH THE VOLTAGE IS APPLIED TO BIAS THE BASES OF A PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS. SLOPE POTENTIOMETERS ACTING THROUGH AN OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER FOR INCREMENTS OF THE INPUT CURVE CONTROL THE RATIO BETWEEN THE VOLTAGE INPUT DUE TO THE CAPACITANCE DEVICE AND THE VOLTAGE OUTPUT OF THE AMPLIFIER. A COMPOSITE VOLTAGE OUTPUT SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR WITH RESPECT TO THE RATIO OF CONSTITUENTS OF THE FLUID MIXTURE IS PRODUCED.
Abstract:
A system is disclosed in which gas produced from a hydrocarbon reservoir is directed through a vortex tube to separate hot and cold fractions therefrom. The fractions are passed across heat exchange elements in contact with a thermopile to produce an electric current.
Abstract:
A vessel has a source and detectors of radiation emplaced within containers extended through its walls so the level of a fluid within the vessel will be detected by interference of the fluid with the reception of the radiation by the detectors.