WO1985004478A1 - Procedure for measuring contents of hydrocarbons in liquids containing such - Google Patents

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WO1985004478A1
WO1985004478A1 PCT/FI1985/000028 FI8500028W WO8504478A1 WO 1985004478 A1 WO1985004478 A1 WO 1985004478A1 FI 8500028 W FI8500028 W FI 8500028W WO 8504478 A1 WO8504478 A1 WO 8504478A1
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  • the present invention concerns a procedure for measuring contents of hydrocarbons in liquids containing such, in which liquids the main component is water and which may in addition to hydrocarbons contain salts (seawater) or other dissolved chemicals (industrial emission waters).
  • the liquid to be measured is conducted into a transparent measuring cuvette which is irradiated with IR radiation from a radiation source, and the content of the hydrocarbon present in the liquid is determined on the basis of the attenuation caused by the hydrocarbon in the 3.4 to 3.5 ⁇ m wavelength range.
  • the IR absorption method is commonly used, for instance, in laboratory determinations of the oil content of waters.
  • An advantage of the procedure is its universal applicability based on the fact that the absorptions of different oil types at 3,42 ⁇ m wavelength are very close to one another. Because of the strong absorption of water, it is however necessary, in laboratory measurements, to concentrate the sample before it is measured, this being accomplished by extracting the oil in carbon tetrachloride and separating from the water the extract thus obtained. As a consequence, the procedure is slow and introduces a risk of toxic emissions.
  • the absorption of water is compensated for by forming, from the sample proper, a reference sample from which the oil has been removed.
  • a reference sample from which the oil has been removed.
  • the differential temperature between the samples is equalized prior to the cuvette with the aid of a heat exchanger, and for eliminating the differential pressure, they are always stopped in the cuvette for the duration of measurement.
  • an ultrafilter is employed, which removes, on the side of the oil, any solid particles which may occur therein.
  • the attenuation caused by these is compensated by using, in addition to the measuring wavelength, another wavelength at which the oil effects no absorption.
  • the procedure combines the accuracy and reliability of the laboratory method and the advantage of high measuring speed. Its hydraulics part is, however, still complicated, comprising an ultrafilter, a pipe line for the reference sample, a pumping means for the reference liquid and a heat exchanger.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an improvement in the measuring methods known in the art.
  • a more detailed aim of the invention is to provide a procedure in which the sample processing involved in the measuring procedure known in the art can be substantially simplified.
  • the other aims of the invention, and the advantages to be gained therewith, are readable in the disclosure of the invention.
  • the aims of the invention are achieved by means of a procedure which is mainly characterized in that the infra-red absorption spectrum of the liquid containing hydrocarbons is measured in a preselected wavelength range of relatively greath width, the width of this wavelength range exceeding that of the range in which the absorption of the hydrocarbon under investigation has an effect, and that the proper absorption of the liquid, in the hydrocarbon absorption range, is determined by calculation with the aid of the spectral part outside said range, whereby the absorption of the hydrocarbon in the liquid is obtained on the basis of the difference between said absorptions.
  • the procedure of the invention allows the hydraulics component required in the measurement to be substantially simplified.
  • the ultrafilter inserted in the liquid flow line the reference liquid pipe line going to the measuring cuvette, the reference liquid pumping means required in said pipe line, and the heat exchanger.
  • Fig. 1 presents in block diagram form the principle of the procedure of the invention, in which are indicated by interrupted lines the components of the hydraulics part included in procedures of prior art and which are superfluous in the procedure of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 presents in block diagram form an advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit presented in Fig. 1.
  • FIG. 3 presents in block diagram form another advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit presented in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 presents in block diagram form a third advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 presents graphically the absorption graph of oil-containing water, plotted over the wavelength, the absorption graph of water having been entered in the figure with interrupted lines.
  • the measuring apparatus used in the measuring procedure of the invention has in general been indicated by reference numeral 10.
  • the measuring apparatus 10 comprises a measuring unit part 13 and a hydraulics part 14, and a control part 15. With the measuring apparatus 10 is measured the content of the hydrocarbon, or hydrocarbons, present in the liquid flowing in the pipe line 11, e.g. the content of oil.
  • the transfer pump and homogenizer in the liquid line 11 are indicated by reference numeral 12.
  • the measuring unit part 13 comprises an IR source 16, a measuring cuvette 17 or a corresponding transparent pipe length, a detector unit 18, in Fig. 1 depicted as a two-channel detector, and a processing and transfer unit 19 for the measuring signals.
  • the hydraulics part 14 comprises a pre-filter 20, a pipe line 21 leading to the measuring cuvette 17, sample and flushing valves 22, a heat exchanger 23, and a pressure transducer 24.
  • reference numeral 25 is indicated the discharge line along which the measured liquid is conducted from the measuring cuvette 17 to the liquid line 11.
  • pure liquid may be used, which is conducted through the valves 22 into the measuring cuvette 17. It is possible to use either pure water or a suitable solvent for flushing.
  • Fig. 1 In the measuring system presented in Fig. 1 are indicated by interrupted lines the ultrafilter 26 for the reference liquid, the pipe line 27 along which the reference liquid is conducted to the measuring cuvette 17, and the reference liquid pumping means 28 in the pipe line 27.
  • the hydraulics part 14 can be simplified so that the part 23,26,27 and 28 used in the procedures of prior art may be omitted altogether.
  • Fig. 2 is presented an advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit part 13 presented in Fig. 1.
  • the measurement in accordance with Fig. 2 is based on so-called multi-colour measurement.
  • the IR source is indicated by reference numeral 16, the measuring cuvette by reference numeral 17 and the pipe line leading to the measuring cuvette by reference numeral 21, as in Fig. 1.
  • the reference numeral 219 indicates the measuring signal processing and transmitting unit. It is thus understood that, in multi-colour measurement, a wide band source is used and the measuring head contains a plurality of parallel channels. It is easy to provide four channels with a multi-colour detector (each element has separate filters). Even more numerous channels can be implemented by using a line of detectors and a dispersive element, such as e.g. a grating or prism.
  • Fig. 3 is presented another advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit part 13 shown in Fig. 3.
  • This embodiment is based on a so-called Fourier spectrometer.
  • reference numeral 16 indicates the IR source
  • reference numeral 17 the measuring cuvette
  • reference numeral 21 the pipe line leading to the measuring cuvette 17, as in Fig. 1.
  • a wide-band detector 318 to which the radiation in the IR range passing through the measuring cuvette 17 is conducted with the aid of a sweep interferometer 300.
  • reference numeral 319 is indicated the Fourier transform calculating, and signal transfer, unit.
  • the Fourier spectrometer is used a wide band-source, and a central part is the sweeping interferometer. The spectrum is established by calculation.
  • Fig. 4 is presented a third advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit part 13 shown in Fig. 1.
  • This embodiment is based on a laser spectrometer.
  • reference numeral 17 is indicated the measuring cuvette and by reference numeral 21, the pipe line leading to the measuring cuvette 17, as in Fig. 1.
  • the reference numeral 419 indicates the measuring signal processing and transfer unit. It is thus understood that in the laser spectrometer is used a tunable laser source and a wide-band detector.
  • the control means 15, presented in Fig. 1, provides the display, process controls and alarms.
  • the calculation of measuring results is carried out by a microcomputer, whereby real time processing becomes feasible and a precise algorithm is obtained e.g. for calculating the absorption of water.
  • Fig. 5 is graphically presented the absorption graph for water containing oil.
  • the absorption graph of water has been entered as an interrupted line.
  • the wavelength range pre-selected in the procedure of the invention is entered in Fig. 5 on the interval ⁇ beginning to ⁇ end .
  • oil affects the intensity value I sample at wavelength ⁇ 2 .
  • the intensity value I ref of oil-free water can be determined by calculation from the intensity values at wavelengths ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 3 and ⁇ 4 , and the absorption of oil is thus obtained as the difference of the intensity values of sample and reference.
  • the accuracy and reliability of the measurements can be improved.
  • By sweeping methods it is even possible to determine the integral of oil-induced absorption over the wavelength range concerned.
  • the procedure of the invention has remarkable advantages.
  • the measurement is made directly from the water sample, and no complex arrangements are needed for processing the sample.
  • the effect of such substances present in the water is eliminated from the measurement which give rise to uniform attenuation in the wavelength range in question.
  • Such are, for instance, solid particles causing turbidity, and certain salts solved in the water.

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The liquid to be measured is conducted to a transparent measuring cuvette or equivalent (17) and the measuring cuvette (17) is irradiated with infrared radiation from a radiation source (16), and the hydrocarbon content present in the liquid is determined on the basis of the difference in absorption between the liquid together with the hydrocarbon in it and the liquid itself. In the procedure is measured the infrared absorption spectrum of the liquid containing hydrocarbons in a preselected, comparatively wide wavelength range (lambdabeginning, lambdaend) having a width exceeding that on which the absorption of the hydrocarbon being examined has an effect. The proper absorption of the liquid in the hydrocarbon's absorption range is determined by calculation with the aid of a spectral part outside said range, whereby the absorption of the hydrocarbon contained in the liquid is obtained on the basis of the difference between said absorptions.

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Procedure for measuring contents of hydrocarbons in liquids containing such
The present invention concerns a procedure for measuring contents of hydrocarbons in liquids containing such, in which liquids the main component is water and which may in addition to hydrocarbons contain salts (seawater) or other dissolved chemicals (industrial emission waters). In the procedure, the liquid to be measured is conducted into a transparent measuring cuvette which is irradiated with IR radiation from a radiation source, and the content of the hydrocarbon present in the liquid is determined on the basis of the attenuation caused by the hydrocarbon in the 3.4 to 3.5 μm wavelength range.
The IR absorption method is commonly used, for instance, in laboratory determinations of the oil content of waters. An advantage of the procedure is its universal applicability based on the fact that the absorptions of different oil types at 3,42μm wavelength are very close to one another. Because of the strong absorption of water, it is however necessary, in laboratory measurements, to concentrate the sample before it is measured, this being accomplished by extracting the oil in carbon tetrachloride and separating from the water the extract thus obtained. As a consequence, the procedure is slow and introduces a risk of toxic emissions.
In a procedure known in prior art, the absorption of water is compensated for by forming, from the sample proper, a reference sample from which the oil has been removed. When these two are pumped through the cuvette in alternation, the attenuation due to the oil can be measured. In order to achieve sufficient measuring accuracy, the differential temperature between the samples is equalized prior to the cuvette with the aid of a heat exchanger, and for eliminating the differential pressure, they are always stopped in the cuvette for the duration of measurement. To produce the reference sample, an ultrafilter is employed, which removes, on the side of the oil, any solid particles which may occur therein. The attenuation caused by these is compensated by using, in addition to the measuring wavelength, another wavelength at which the oil effects no absorption. The procedure combines the accuracy and reliability of the laboratory method and the advantage of high measuring speed. Its hydraulics part is, however, still complicated, comprising an ultrafilter, a pipe line for the reference sample, a pumping means for the reference liquid and a heat exchanger.
The object of the invention is to provide an improvement in the measuring methods known in the art. A more detailed aim of the invention is to provide a procedure in which the sample processing involved in the measuring procedure known in the art can be substantially simplified. The other aims of the invention, and the advantages to be gained therewith, are readable in the disclosure of the invention.
The aims of the invention are achieved by means of a procedure which is mainly characterized in that the infra-red absorption spectrum of the liquid containing hydrocarbons is measured in a preselected wavelength range of relatively greath width, the width of this wavelength range exceeding that of the range in which the absorption of the hydrocarbon under investigation has an effect, and that the proper absorption of the liquid, in the hydrocarbon absorption range, is determined by calculation with the aid of the spectral part outside said range, whereby the absorption of the hydrocarbon in the liquid is obtained on the basis of the difference between said absorptions.
The other characteristic features of the procedure of the invention are presented in claims 2-4.
By the procedure of the invention, numerous remarkable advantages are gained. The procedure of the invention allows the hydraulics component required in the measurement to be substantially simplified. Hereby, it is possible to omit, for instance, the ultrafilter inserted in the liquid flow line, the reference liquid pipe line going to the measuring cuvette, the reference liquid pumping means required in said pipe line, and the heat exchanger.
The invention is described in detail by referring to certain advantageous embodiments of the invention presented in the figures of the drawings attached, but to which the invention is not meant to be exclusively confined.
Fig. 1 presents in block diagram form the principle of the procedure of the invention, in which are indicated by interrupted lines the components of the hydraulics part included in procedures of prior art and which are superfluous in the procedure of the invention.
Fig. 2 presents in block diagram form an advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit presented in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 presents in block diagram form another advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit presented in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 presents in block diagram form a third advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 presents graphically the absorption graph of oil-containing water, plotted over the wavelength, the absorption graph of water having been entered in the figure with interrupted lines.
In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the measuring apparatus used in the measuring procedure of the invention has in general been indicated by reference numeral 10. The measuring apparatus 10 comprises a measuring unit part 13 and a hydraulics part 14, and a control part 15. With the measuring apparatus 10 is measured the content of the hydrocarbon, or hydrocarbons, present in the liquid flowing in the pipe line 11, e.g. the content of oil. The transfer pump and homogenizer in the liquid line 11 are indicated by reference numeral 12. The measuring unit part 13 comprises an IR source 16, a measuring cuvette 17 or a corresponding transparent pipe length, a detector unit 18, in Fig. 1 depicted as a two-channel detector, and a processing and transfer unit 19 for the measuring signals.
The hydraulics part 14 comprises a pre-filter 20, a pipe line 21 leading to the measuring cuvette 17, sample and flushing valves 22, a heat exchanger 23, and a pressure transducer 24. By reference numeral 25 is indicated the discharge line along which the measured liquid is conducted from the measuring cuvette 17 to the liquid line 11. For flushing, pure liquid may be used, which is conducted through the valves 22 into the measuring cuvette 17. It is possible to use either pure water or a suitable solvent for flushing.
In the measuring system presented in Fig. 1 are indicated by interrupted lines the ultrafilter 26 for the reference liquid, the pipe line 27 along which the reference liquid is conducted to the measuring cuvette 17, and the reference liquid pumping means 28 in the pipe line 27. In the procedure of the invention, the hydraulics part 14 can be simplified so that the part 23,26,27 and 28 used in the procedures of prior art may be omitted altogether.
In Fig. 2 is presented an advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit part 13 presented in Fig. 1. The measurement in accordance with Fig. 2 is based on so-called multi-colour measurement. In this embodiment, the IR source is indicated by reference numeral 16, the measuring cuvette by reference numeral 17 and the pipe line leading to the measuring cuvette by reference numeral 21, as in Fig. 1. In the present embodiment, for detector unit is used a multi-channel detector 218, before which has been disposed a wavelength band selector means 200. The reference numeral 219 indicates the measuring signal processing and transmitting unit. It is thus understood that, in multi-colour measurement, a wide band source is used and the measuring head contains a plurality of parallel channels. It is easy to provide four channels with a multi-colour detector (each element has separate filters). Even more numerous channels can be implemented by using a line of detectors and a dispersive element, such as e.g. a grating or prism.
In Fig. 3 is presented another advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit part 13 shown in Fig. 3. This embodiment is based on a so-called Fourier spectrometer. In this embodiment, reference numeral 16 indicates the IR source, reference numeral 17 the measuring cuvette, and reference numeral 21 the pipe line leading to the measuring cuvette 17, as in Fig. 1. In this embodiment is used a wide-band detector 318, to which the radiation in the IR range passing through the measuring cuvette 17 is conducted with the aid of a sweep interferometer 300. By reference numeral 319 is indicated the Fourier transform calculating, and signal transfer, unit. Thus, in the Fourier spectrometer is used a wide band-source, and a central part is the sweeping interferometer. The spectrum is established by calculation.
In Fig. 4 is presented a third advantageous embodiment of the measuring unit part 13 shown in Fig. 1. This embodiment is based on a laser spectrometer. By reference numeral 17 is indicated the measuring cuvette and by reference numeral 21, the pipe line leading to the measuring cuvette 17, as in Fig. 1. In this embodiment is used a sweeping laser source 416 and, for detector, a wide-band detector 418. The reference numeral 419 indicates the measuring signal processing and transfer unit. It is thus understood that in the laser spectrometer is used a tunable laser source and a wide-band detector.
The control means 15, presented in Fig. 1, provides the display, process controls and alarms. The calculation of measuring results is carried out by a microcomputer, whereby real time processing becomes feasible and a precise algorithm is obtained e.g. for calculating the absorption of water.
In Fig. 5 is graphically presented the absorption graph for water containing oil. The absorption graph of water has been entered as an interrupted line. The wavelength range pre-selected in the procedure of the invention is entered in Fig. 5 on the interval λbeginning to λend. In Fig. 5 is shown one possibility of selecting the measuring wavelengths (4-colour measurement) λ1 = 3.30 μm, λ2 = 3.42 μm, λ3 = 3.60 μm and λ4 = 3.75 μm. In the present instance, oil affects the intensity value Isample at wavelength λ2. The intensity value Iref of oil-free water can be determined by calculation from the intensity values at wavelengths λ1,λ3 and λ4, and the absorption of oil is thus obtained as the difference of the intensity values of sample and reference. By using a greater number of measuring wavelengths, the accuracy and reliability of the measurements can be improved. By sweeping methods it is even possible to determine the integral of oil-induced absorption over the wavelength range concerned.
The procedure of the invention has remarkable advantages. The measurement is made directly from the water sample, and no complex arrangements are needed for processing the sample. The effect of such substances present in the water is eliminated from the measurement which give rise to uniform attenuation in the wavelength range in question. Such are, for instance, solid particles causing turbidity, and certain salts solved in the water. It is possible to measure by the procedure, in addition to oil, also some other hydrocarbons admixed to water.

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1. A procedure for measuring the content of hydrocarbons in liquids containing such, in the procedure the liquid to be measured being conducted into a transparent measuring cuvette or equivalent (17) and the measuring cuvette (17) being irradiated with infrared radiation from a radiation source (16) and the content of the hydrocarbon present in the liquid being determined on the basis of the difference in absorption between the liquid together with the hydrocarbon contained therein and the liquid itself, characterized in that the infrared absorption spectrum of the liquid containing hydrocarbons is measured in a preselected, comparatively wide wavelength range (λbeginning, λend) of which the width exceeds that on which the absorption of the hydrocarbon being examined has an effect, and that the proper absorption of the liquid in the absorption range of the hydrocarbon is determined by calculation with the aid of a part of the spectrum outside said range, whereby the absorption of the hydrocarbon in the liquid is found on the basis of the difference between said absorptions.
2. Procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that the measurement is carried out as a multi-colour measurement, for detector unit being used a detector (218) with several channels before which has been disposed a wavelength band selector means (200).
3. Procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that the measurement is carried out as a Fourier spectrometer measurement, for detector unit being used a wide-band detector (318), to which the radiation passing through the measuring cuvette (17) is conducted with the aid of a sweeping interferometer (300).
4. Procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that the measurement is carried out as a laser spectrometer measurement, for infrared source being used a sweeping laser source (416) and for detector unit, a wide-band detector (418).
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