WO2010029004A1 - Dispositif de fabrication d’un produit à base d’huile minérale anti-fraude - Google Patents

Dispositif de fabrication d’un produit à base d’huile minérale anti-fraude Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2010029004A1
WO2010029004A1 PCT/EP2009/061378 EP2009061378W WO2010029004A1 WO 2010029004 A1 WO2010029004 A1 WO 2010029004A1 EP 2009061378 W EP2009061378 W EP 2009061378W WO 2010029004 A1 WO2010029004 A1 WO 2010029004A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
detector
fluid
marker
metering
marking
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/EP2009/061378
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Christos Vamvakaris
Wolfgang Ahlers
Gerold Magin
Gerhard Steiger
Frank Sammet
Original Assignee
Basf Se
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Basf Se filed Critical Basf Se
Publication of WO2010029004A1 publication Critical patent/WO2010029004A1/fr

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D11/00—Control of flow ratio
    • G05D11/02—Controlling ratio of two or more flows of fluid or fluent material
    • G05D11/13—Controlling ratio of two or more flows of fluid or fluent material characterised by the use of electric means
    • G05D11/135—Controlling ratio of two or more flows of fluid or fluent material characterised by the use of electric means by sensing at least one property of the mixture
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
    • C10L1/00—Liquid carbonaceous fuels
    • C10L1/003—Marking, e.g. coloration by addition of pigments
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
    • C10L1/00—Liquid carbonaceous fuels
    • C10L1/02—Liquid carbonaceous fuels essentially based on components consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only
    • C10L1/023—Liquid carbonaceous fuels essentially based on components consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only for spark ignition
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
    • C10L1/00—Liquid carbonaceous fuels
    • C10L1/02—Liquid carbonaceous fuels essentially based on components consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only
    • C10L1/026—Liquid carbonaceous fuels essentially based on components consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only for compression ignition

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a device for marking a fluid with at least one marker and a corresponding method for marking the fluid with at least one marker.
  • Such devices and methods can be used in particular in the field of production and distribution of mineral oil products, for example in the field of mineral oil refineries or terminals. In this way, in particular, using suitable markers, largely forgery-proof mineral oil products can be produced.
  • the fluid media in particular liquid mineral oil products
  • markers which increase the security against counterfeiting.
  • one or more of such markers having specific physical and / or chemical properties not included in, for example, the original mineral oil product but subsequently added to the mineral oil products may be used to provide a "fingerprint" of an authentic, non-counterfeit, branded product
  • the physical and / or chemical property of this marker can then be detected, for example, by a distributor, dealer or end user, and checked for the presence or absence of the "fingerprint", ie the marker in the fluid medium. In this way, an authenticity check can be carried out easily and quickly.
  • Such labels include, for example, optically detectable labels.
  • markers are described in DE 1 98 1 8 1 76 A1, US 5,525,516, US 5,710,046, WO 94/02570, WO 2006/010527 A1 or DE 10 2005 062 910 A1.
  • the marking substances described in these documents can also be used individually or in combination within the scope of the present invention, so that reference may be made, by way of example, to the marking substances disclosed therein.
  • At least one spectroscopic property of the marker is usually detected.
  • the documents US Pat. No. 5,525,516, WO 94/02570, WO 2006/010527 A1 and DE 10 2005 062 910 A1 describe optical detectors by means of which the presence and / or the concentration of the at least one marking substance in the fluid medium are optically detected can.
  • correlation methods can be used to compare determined spectra, for example fluorescence excitation spectra, with one or more reference spectra in order to deduce the type and / or the concentration of the at least one marker substance.
  • the labeling methods known from the prior art represent a high challenge in terms of process engineering.
  • concentration of the marking substances for example in addition to the type of marker, as additional part of the "fingerprint" is used, as well as if several markers, for example in a certain concentration ratio to each other, are used for identification, the admixture of the markers, which is usually done in one or more tanks or interim storage, carefully monitor.
  • the device and method should enable a reliable and uniform introduction of at least one marker into a fluid product.
  • a device and a method for marking a fluid with at least one marker are proposed.
  • the fluid may in principle be, for example, at least one liquid.
  • the device can be used for marking fuels.
  • the at least one marking substance can basically be any substance in liquid form.
  • the marker should have at least one different, demonstrable physical and / or chemical property from the fluid.
  • it can be a detectable by a detector chemical property, an electrochemical property or an electrical property or a combination of such properties.
  • the use of optical properties is particularly preferred, for example spectroscopic properties, reflection properties, transmission properties, luminescence properties (fluorescence and / or phosphorescence properties) or similar properties.
  • the marker can be admixed to the fluid in pure form, or the marker can be contained in a carrier, for example in a solvent, a dispersant, a carrier liquid or similar excipients.
  • the marker can also consist of several components composed of which, for example, only one or more components must have the detectable property.
  • the marker may be part of an additive package, which may be mixed, for example, a fuel or other type of liquid.
  • additive packages can, for example, improve the combustion properties of fuels and / or prevent deposits, for example on valves of an internal combustion engine.
  • markers which can be used individually or else in combination, reference may be made to the abovementioned publications, in particular to EP 0 656 929 B1, WO 94/02570, US Pat. No. 5,525,511 6, US Pat. No. 5,710,046, US Pat. WO 2006/010527, DE 198 18 176 A1 or DE 10 2005 062 910 A1.
  • other types of marking substances can also be used, alternatively or additionally, for example other types of substances with a specific, detectable optical property.
  • the device has at least one piping system for transporting the fluid.
  • a piping system is any device to understand, by means of which the fluid can be selectively transported. Examples include piping systems composed of one or more pipes, for example piping systems composed of pipes of rectangular or round cross-section. Since the fluid can also consist of one or more components, the piping system can, for example, also comprise a separate partial piping system for each of these components. Alternatively or in addition to pipes, the piping system may also comprise other components for transporting the fluid, for example shafts, reaction tubes or other types of transport devices which can maintain a continuous transport, ie a flow, of the fluid.
  • the piping system may include valves, pumps or other conveying and control devices for controlling the transport of the fluid, in particular components which may enable monitoring and / or control of a continuous flow of the fluid.
  • the piping system can also be designed to take on further tasks, for example to provide reaction spaces, to provide cooling and / or heating or the like.
  • the device comprises at least one metering system for metering the marker into the piping system, that is into the fluid. Under a dosage is basically any type of introduction of the marker into the fluid to understand, which may of course be dependent on the type of fluid and / or the type of marker.
  • the dosing system which is an automated introduction Accordingly, for example, one or more nozzles, leads or the like may comprise.
  • the metering system can also be connected to one or more storage containers for storing the at least one marking substance, for example via a metering line system, which in the metering system into the piping system opens.
  • This confluence can be effected, for example, directly via a nozzle system, via a spray system, via an atomization system or via simple openings, depending on the type of fluid and / or the marker.
  • the metering can be carried out continuously or discontinuously, for example pulsed.
  • the device comprises at least one detector for detecting the marker in the fluid.
  • the detector should be located in the piping system downstream of the dosing system to ensure that the marker is incorporated into the fluid as desired.
  • the arrangement of the detector with respect to a main flow direction of the fluid through the piping system downstream of a junction of the metering system can take place.
  • the detection takes place at a location at which a desired distribution of the marker has already taken place in the fluid. This distribution may be further promoted by additional distribution aids, such as swirlers, mixers, or similar distribution aids, which may be disposed in the tubing system and / or dosing system and which may homogenize distribution of the label in the fluid.
  • the detector should be arranged to detect the above described at least one detectable property of the tag.
  • the detector may be adapted to the nature of the marker and may include, for example, a chemical detector, an electrochemical detector, an electrical detector, an optical detector, an electronic detector, or any other combination of such detectors, optionally in combination as well the at least one chemical and / or physical property of the marker to be detected can be adapted.
  • at least one optical detector that is to say a detector, which is capable of detecting at least one optically detectable property of the marker qualitatively or preferably quantitatively.
  • an on-line detector is to be understood as meaning a detector which is set up to carry out detection in continuously or discontinuously changing sample volumes, in particular detection in a flowing fluid in the pipeline system, for example in a fluid flowing in a main flow direction.
  • Such detectors are basically known from the prior art in another context, for example from GB 1 309 551, from WO 03/040704 A1, from EP 1 674 412 A1, from EP 0 533 333 A2, from WO 93/01486, from WO 2004/029592 A1, from US Pat. No. 5,521,384, from US Pat. No. 4,620,284 or from WO 98/3306 A1.
  • the detectors described therein may be referred to as possible embodiments of detectors usable in the context of this invention.
  • the device according to the invention further comprises at least one control device.
  • the detector is connected to the dosing system via the at least one control device.
  • the control device is set up to influence the dosage of the marker, the influencing being to be dependent on the quantity and / or concentration of the marker in the fluid detected by the detector.
  • the influencing may include a control and / or regulation of the metering process, as explained in more detail below.
  • a method for marking a fluid with at least one marker is proposed.
  • the method can be carried out in particular using a device according to the invention, so that with regard to possible embodiments of the method reference may be made to possible embodiments of the device described above or below. Alternatively, however, the use of a differently configured device is basically possible.
  • the fluid is transported through a piping system and at least one marker is metered into the fluid. At least one concentration of the label in the fluid is detected, and according to the detected concentration, the dosage of the label is affected.
  • the proposed device and the proposed method enable a high process integration. Instead of a discontinuous sampling, for example from a storage tank or at a filling station, followed by a check of the samples in a corresponding detector, the monitoring and admixture of the at least one marker in the fluid is now online, without the flow of fluid are interrupted got to. On a laborious sampling can thus be dispensed with.
  • a correction of the concentration of the at least one marking substance required on-line can take place online since the detector directly influences the dosing system.
  • a continuous and timely concentration control of the marker can take place, for example, at least one reference value.
  • desired concentrations of the marking substance can be set considerably more precisely and reproducibly, so that the concentration of the marking substance can be used as a further characteristic feature in addition to the type of marking material, which increases the security against forgery of the end product.
  • product streams can be better distinguished, in particular in complex production plants or pipelines, since a more exact marking of these product streams by means of the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention is possible.
  • a concentration of the marker in the fluid is set to at least one predetermined desired value.
  • a concentration may be understood as meaning an amount of the marking substance in the form of a mass and / or a molar amount and / or a volume per amount of the fluid.
  • concentration may also include only an amount of the marker, for example, by measuring a total amount of the marker flowing through the detector per unit of time.
  • concentration can also be subsumed under the concept of concentration, since usually from other measurements, for example, the total amount of fluid flowing through the piping system per unit of time is known, from which in turn concentration can be deduced. The latter is often the case, in particular with optical detectors, since these generally respond to the total amount of marking agent and not to the concentration of the marking agent. From a knowledge of the total amount of fluid labeled or unmarked fluid, for example a volume or mass flow, can then be closed again on a concentration. For measuring the flow, the total amount or the current, for example, one or more additional measuring devices may be provided, for example volumetric flow meters and / or mass flow meters, which measure, for example, the volume flow of the fluid flowing through the pipeline system.
  • the adjustment of the concentration of the marker can be done, for example, in the context of a scheme.
  • a desired value can also be understood to mean a plurality of desired values, for example in the case in which a plurality of markers are used.
  • one setpoint per marker can be predetermined in each case.
  • the term setting to one or more desired values should be understood broadly.
  • the setpoint may include an exact setpoint, such as an exact concentration to which the concentration of the marker should be adjusted.
  • this setpoint can also be added tolerance thresholds, for example, a deviation of the concentration can be compensated by more than the tolerance threshold of the desired value.
  • setpoint ranges can also be predetermined, which can likewise be understood by the term of setting to a setpoint value.
  • a concentration c can be set to a range between two limit values x and y, for example in the form of x ⁇ c ⁇ y, x ⁇ c ⁇ y, x ⁇ c ⁇ y, x ⁇ c ⁇ y.
  • lower limits may also be predetermined, for example in the form of a lower limit x of a concentration, so that it is possible to regulate, for example, to c> x or c> x.
  • upper limits y can also be predetermined, so that it is possible to regulate, for example, to c ⁇ y or to c ⁇ y.
  • Variable setpoint specifications are also possible, for example setpoint specifications which are subject to a change over time or setpoint specifications which have an adjustable setpoint value.
  • the setpoint values may change with the flow velocity and / or the volume flow of the fluid.
  • control device can comprise, for example, at least one control path and / or one controlled system, ie an electronic and / or electro-mechanical and / or mechanical device, by means of which corresponding control signals and / or control signals can be generated or for the control and / or regulation. required settings can be made.
  • a controlled system for this purpose may comprise PI controllers, PID controllers or similar controllers.
  • the control can be carried out by means of a two-point control, wherein for example by means of the two-step control, a dosage of the marker is interrupted or made possible.
  • the concentration the at least one marker in the fluid is detected to be too high, the metering of the marker is interrupted, and if the concentration is found to be too low or correct, the dosage may be continued.
  • Other types of control are of course possible, for example a regulation via a speed control of a pump, for example a digital or analog speed control, an analog control in general or a digital control, for example a control via a pulse width modulation of a drive pulse of the dosing.
  • one or more detectors in particular in the case of using multiple markers.
  • a plurality of detectors it is preferred, for example, if at least two markers are used to use at least two detectors, wherein in each case at least one detector influences the metering of at least one metering system for metering in each case one marking substance.
  • combinations of markers can be added, for example, to set a targeted concentration ratio of these markers.
  • a "fingerprint" in the form of specific markers and specific ratios of these markers in the finished product can thus be generated in a targeted manner.
  • the detection of the at least one physical and / or chemical property of the marking substance is carried out "on-line", that is to say in continuous or discontinuous (ie, for example, batchwise) flow of the fluid
  • the pipeline system comprises at least one bypass section which is intended to be at least partially connected in parallel with at least one main line through which the majority of the fluid flows.
  • a plurality of detectors it is possible, for example, to use different bypass sections for one detector, or several or all detectors can be arranged in each case in one bypass section Then branch off a main line and then connect to a parallel line in order to then re-open at a junction into the main line. In the parallel route can then be arranged, for example, the at least one detector.
  • the metering system should, as described above, for introducing the at least one marker in be adapted to the fluid and should be designed accordingly for the dosage of the markers.
  • a metering can be understood to mean, in particular, introduction of a defined volume, weight or a quantity, mass or volume unit per unit of time or per cycle unit defined in any other way.
  • the dosing system may in particular comprise at least one metering valve, that is to say a valve which is set up in order to enable or interrupt metering of the at least one marking substance into the fluid, for example metering predetermined volume units per cycle.
  • the dosing system may further comprise at least one metering pump, for example a diaphragm pump, a reciprocating pump, a peristaltic pump or a gear pump.
  • the detector may comprise, for example, at least one optical detector, ie a detector which detects one or more optically measurable properties of the at least one marking substance. It is particularly preferred if the optical detector comprises a luminescence detector, ie a fluorescence detector and / or a phosphorescence detector and / or a Raman detector, a scattered light detector, a transmission light detector, an absorption detector or a combination of such detectors. Even more complex detection schemes utilizing spectroscopic properties of the at least one marking substance are possible, for example multi-photon absorption detectors, detectors which detect specific optical transitions or the like.
  • the optical detector may comprise, for example, at least one polychromatic light source.
  • a monochromatic light source for example a light source, which generates monochromatic light by means of one or more spectral separation devices.
  • a laser light source may be included, wherein the laser light source generates at least one laser light beam which at least partially penetrates the fluid.
  • the detector may further include at least one optical detection detector for detecting at least one of the fluid and / or the marker emitted, transmitted or scattered light component.
  • the detector may comprise at least one excitation light source for generating at least one excitation light beam, for example the above-described laser light source, wherein the detector further comprises at least one reflection device for at least includes partial reflection of the excitation light beam.
  • the reflection can be made such that the excitation light beam is at least partially reflected in the same beam path in the reverse direction, with multiple reflections in the beam path are possible.
  • the intensity of the excitation light beam in the fluid or within a detection volume, within which the detector performs a measurement can be increased considerably. This greatly improves the sensitivity of the detector.
  • the excitation light beam may be at least partially pulsed or modulated, for example, intensity modulated and / or frequency modulated.
  • the detector can then comprise a detection sensitive to this modulation, for example a lock-in detector. In this way, for example, a signal-to-noise ratio of the detection can be greatly improved, so that the detection accuracy, for example, the concentration of the marker in the fluid can be significantly improved.
  • the piping system may include a filling station for filling the fluid into at least one transport device.
  • the piping system can open in the filling station, so that the piping system, for example, a larger storage tank of the filling station, which forms part of the piping system connects.
  • the filling station can then be filled, for example, transport devices such as tank trucks, tankers, tank cars or similar transport devices.
  • the markers can also be used, for example, to distinguish between different product streams in a production plant, a bottling plant, a pipeline or a reactor.
  • the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention can be used in particular in the field of counterfeiting.
  • Counterfeit protection should not only be understood as a safeguard against unauthorized products, but also, for example, as a safeguard against the confusion of products.
  • any product recognition which makes the nature and / or origin of the product recognizable, at least with a minimum probability, can be subsumed under this term.
  • a suitable location for example at a middleman, distributor or consumer, a appropriate control apparatus be provided, which registers the presence and / or a correct concentration of the at least one marker.
  • control devices may be provided, for example, at gas stations. If the check is negative, for example, a dispenser can be locked or a warning can be issued to a user.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention can be used in one of the described embodiments, in particular for product safety, ie for counterfeiting in the sense of the above definition, in the field of mineral oil products.
  • product safety ie for counterfeiting in the sense of the above definition
  • other fluid products can be marked in this way, for example, alcohols or other fluid raw materials.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention thus provide a simple, easily integrable, inexpensive yet reproducible and reliable marking method which can be used in a versatile and profitable manner. Vulnerabilities in larger systems and networks can be efficiently closed in this way.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic structure diagram of a device according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows an embodiment of a deployable in the context of the present invention detector.
  • FIG. 1 is a possible embodiment of an inventive device 1 10 for marking a fluid 1 12 with a marker 114 in highly schematisier- ter form shown.
  • the fluid 1 12 is a liquid fluid, which is to be filled via a piping system 1 16 with a filling station 1 18 in a transport device 120.
  • the transport device 120 is shown schematically in Figure 1 as a tanker truck.
  • the filling station 1 18 can, for example, comprise a filling cell onto which the tank truck is driven in order to fill the fluid 1 12 into the tank of the tanker truck.
  • other types of transport devices 120 are conceivable.
  • the piping system 1 16 is shown in the embodiment shown in Figure 1 highly schematic and connects, for example, a storage tank 122 for storing the fluid 1 12 with the filling station 1 18.
  • the storage tank 122 may for example be equipped with large dimensions, for example, with a capacity of several 100 m 3 , several 1000 m 3 or the like.
  • the feed tank 122 and the piping system 16 may, for example, be part of a refinery for mineral oil products.
  • the piping system 16 may further comprise a plurality of elements not shown in FIG. 1, for example valves to control the flows through the individual components of the piping system 16. Pumps or similar conveying elements and / or flow meters, flow meters, speedometers, pressure gauges or similar measuring devices can also be provided.
  • the entire piping system 1 16 may be configured, for example, computer-controlled.
  • the fluid 112 flows through the pipeline system 116 in this embodiment in a main flow direction 124.
  • the device 1 10 comprises a further storage tank 126 for storing the marking substance 1 14. Also, this storage tank 126 is shown only schematically in FIG. 1, like the other components. Usually, this storage tank 126 will be made smaller than the storage tank 122 for storing the fluid 112.
  • the device 10 further comprises a metering system 128 with a metering line 130, which connects the storage tank 126 with the piping system 16.
  • a simple opening or a metering nozzle may be provided at an opening 132 of the metering line 130 into the piping system 16 in order to introduce the marking material 112 into the fluid 12, for example, in a finely distributed manner.
  • the marker 1 12 may be provided in any aggregate states, the dosing system 128 may be set to these states of aggregation.
  • the marker 1 14 is designed, for example, as a liquid marker, for example as a dye liquid.
  • the marker 1 14 may also comprise, in addition to the actual marker, for example a dye, a carrier material or a carrier, for example a carrier gas, a solvent, a dispersant or the like. This is intended to be encompassed by the term of the marker 1 14 as long as the marker 1 14 comprises at least one component which has measurable physical and / or chemical properties, in particular measurable optical, for example spectroscopic, properties in the present case.
  • the dosing system 128 further comprises a dosing pump 134 introduced into the dosing line 130.
  • this dosing pump 134 can be a high-precision pump which operates in a clocked manner, for example a gear pump or diaphragm pump Each clock a precisely defined amount of liquid of the marker 1 14 is metered into the piping system 1 16.
  • the metering line 130 and the metering system 128 may also include other components, such as valves, conveyors or similar devices.
  • a metering valve may be provided, which likewise delivers, for example, precisely defined quantities of marking substance 14 into the piping system 16.
  • a bypass line 136 is provided in the pipeline system 16, which is connected in sections to a main line 138 of the pipeline system 16 in parallel.
  • the bypass section 136 usually has a smaller flow cross-section than the main line 138, so that a smaller amount of liquid per unit time flows through the bypass line 136 compared to the main line 138.
  • a detector 140 is arranged in this exemplary embodiment according to FIG.
  • This detector 140 is set up to detect the at least one detectable physical and / or chemical property of the marker 1 14.
  • this at least one physical and / or chemical property may be an optical property of the marker 1 14.
  • the detector 140 is indicated only schematically in FIG. 1 and is explained in more detail below by way of example with reference to FIG.
  • the detector 140 is connected via a control device 142 to the metering system 128, for example the metering pump 134.
  • the detector 140 is provided, for example, via a first control line 144 connected to the control device 142, which in turn may be connected via a second control line 146 to the metering pump 134.
  • the control lines 144, 146 are, in contrast to the fluid lines 1 16, 130, 136 and 138, shown in phantom in the illustration in FIG.
  • the control lines 144, 146 may include, for example, wired and / or wireless electrical lines, such as bus systems or the like.
  • the control device 142 may include, for example, an electronic control system 148, for example, to implement a two-step control or a digital or analog control. Alternatively or additionally, the control device 142 may also comprise other electronic and / or electromechanical and / or mechanical components. For example, the control device 142 may further comprise at least one data processing device, for example a data processing device which is set up to completely or partially process signals of the detector 140 and to transmit corresponding control and / or regulating signals to the dosing system 128. Accordingly, the signals of the detector 140 can be converted into control signals, so that the dosage of the marker 1 14 can be carried out according to these control signals.
  • a data processing device which is set up to completely or partially process signals of the detector 140 and to transmit corresponding control and / or regulating signals to the dosing system 128. Accordingly, the signals of the detector 140 can be converted into control signals, so that the dosage of the marker 1 14 can be carried out according to these control signals.
  • the dosing system 128 can be set up in such a way that a smaller, larger or constant amount of marker 1 14 is metered into the pipeline system 1 16 at the discharge point 132.
  • the concentration of the marker 1 14 in the fluid 1 12 can be adjusted to a desired value, wherein, in contrast to conventional methods, an online control method can be used.
  • any types of detectors which react sensitively to the at least one detectable physical and / or chemical property of the at least one marking substance 1 14 and thus permit a concentration determination of the marking substance 14 can be used as the detector 140 in the device 110 shown in FIG , As an example, reference is made to the large number of detectors described in the aforementioned prior art.
  • FIG. 2 shows a possible embodiment of such a detector 140 is shown in a schematic representation, which can be used in the device 1 10 according to FIG.
  • the detector 140 is shown in a sectional view in a sectional plane perpendicular to the bypass line 136 according to FIG. 1, that is to say for example in the direction of the main flow direction 124.
  • the pipe wall of the bypass line 136 is shown as a pipe wall with a circular cross-section. however, as described above, other pipe sections may be used. Accordingly, in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, the fluid 1 12 with the marking substance 1 14 (for example dissolved, dispersed or emulsified) received therein flows in a direction perpendicular to the drawing plane.
  • the detector 140 is designed as an optical detector in the form of a fluorescent light detector 150. Alternatively or in addition to a fluorescent light detector 150, however, a multiplicity of other detection principles can also be used.
  • the detector 140 comprises an excitation light source 152 in the form of a laser light source 154 for generating an excitation light beam 156 in the form of a laser light beam 158.
  • the laser light source 154 may, for example, comprise a laser, for example a semiconductor laser, a solid-state laser or another type of laser.
  • a combination of a plurality of laser light sources 154 and / or a combination of conventional excitation light sources 152 or a combination of conventional excitation light sources 152 with laser light sources 154 may also be provided.
  • the laser light source 154 may be pulsed or continuously operated. Particularly preferred is a pulsed and / or modulated operation, in which the intensity and / or the phase of the excitation light beam 156 is modulated.
  • an electronic control of the laser light source 154 may be modulated, for example a laser current of a semiconductor laser.
  • the laser light source 154 can emit monochromatic light, or several wavelengths can be emitted. Also, a plurality of laser light sources 154 may be provided.
  • laser light sources 154 it is also possible to provide conventional non-coherently emitting excitation light sources 152, which may also be equipped, for example, with frequency-selective elements, for example filters and / or dichroic mirrors, to produce monochromatic light.
  • frequency-selective elements for example filters and / or dichroic mirrors
  • excitation light sources 152 which emit in the red or infrared spectral range.
  • the excitation light source 152 can also, sequentially or simultaneously, generate a plurality of excitation light wavelengths, for example to record a fluorescence spectrum or an excitation spectrum of the fluid with the marker 114.
  • the wavelengths can also be tuned, for example, continuously or stepwise.
  • the excitation light beam 156 in the detector 140 according to FIG. 2 penetrates the wall of the bypass line 136 on a viewing window 160 and occurs perpendicular to the main axis. Flow direction in the fluid 1 12 with the marker 1 14 a.
  • a reflection device 162 can be provided, with a second viewing window 164 and a plane mirror 166, which can also be replaced by a mirror with a curvature if required, for example a convex and / or concave mirror.
  • the reflection device 162 the excitation light beam 156 is reflected back into itself, so that, for example, in an interaction zone 168, a particularly high intensity and focusing of the excitation light beam 156 is present.
  • an optical detection detector 170 is furthermore provided in the detector 140 according to FIG.
  • the optical detection detector 170 in turn comprises a viewing window 172 and an objective 174 by means of which targeted fluorescence from the interaction zone 168 is considered.
  • This fluorescent light which will generally be radiated out of the interaction zone 168 in all directions, is shown symbolically in the schematic representation according to FIG. 2 as a detection light beam 176, which can characterize the beam path through the objective 174, for example.
  • the optical detection detector 170 may, alternatively or in addition to the objective 174, comprise additional optical elements, such as a converging lens 178 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
  • one or more filter elements 180 may be provided, for example filter elements which comprise light components of the excitation light beam 152 from the detection light beam 176 or at least partially suppress these components.
  • the filter element 180 may, for example, be accommodated in a corresponding filter holder.
  • the filter element 180 may be designed as an exchangeable filter element.
  • the optical detection detector 170 comprises at least one photosensitive element 182, for example a photoelement, a semiconductor light detector, a CCD chip, a photomultiplier or similar elements or combinations of photosensitive elements 182.
  • the detector 140 shown in Figure 2 for example, by targeted detection of fluorescence of the marker 1 14, which can be selectively excited by the excitation light beam 156, the presence and / or absence of the marker 1 14 in the fluid 1 12 closed
  • a quantitative determination can be made, that is, a concentration determination of the marker 1 14 in the fluid 1 12.
  • a variety of other detection schemes can be used, for example transmission measurements, scattered light measurements, other spectroscopic Measurements or similar.
  • a corresponding electronics which may be additionally included in the detector 140, and which, for example, the at least one excitation light source 152 and / or the optical detection detector 170 can drive and / or read.
  • Such electronics may include, for example, one or more electronic components, for example, to control intensity and / or spectral properties of the excitation light beam 156.
  • the signals of the at least one photosensitive element 182 can be evaluated in whole or in part, whereby a pre-evaluation can also take place.
  • a signal conditioning for example, a filtering, for example in the context of a lock-in process by utilizing a known modulation of the excitation light source 152.
  • a complete or partial determination of the concentration of the at least one marker 1 14 in the fluid 112 may already take place in the detector 140 or an electronic unit of this detector 140, for example in one or more data processing devices which may be provided in this electronics.
  • a conversion of the fluorescence intensity into a concentration can take place, wherein, for example, analytical, empirical or semiempirical relationships between the fluorescence intensity or another type of signal intensity and the concentration can be utilized.
  • This electronics of the detector 140 can also be completely or partially combined with the control device 142, for example the controlled system 148.
  • the detector 140 thus makes it possible to continuously monitor the concentration of the marker 1 14 in the fluid 12.
  • a final product containing the fluid 12 and the marker 1 can be obtained with high reliability and precision 14, for example, a mineral oil product and / or an alcohol.
  • the use of laser light causes the sample detection to take place in a relatively homogeneous inner region of the liquid flow, namely in the comparatively small-volume interaction zone 168.
  • This range is relatively homogeneous, so that common sources of interference, such as blistering, suspended matter or internal reflections, largely excrete as sources of interference and hardly affect the measurement.
  • the concentration of the marker 1 14 can be continuously regulated, for example, to a desired value or to a desired range.
  • the measurement is influenced comparatively little by the intrinsic fluorescence of the fluid 12 by admixing the marker 1 14, whose properties relative to the properties of the fluid 1 12 can be selected. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Investigating, Analyzing Materials By Fluorescence Or Luminescence (AREA)
  • Measuring Volume Flow (AREA)

Abstract

L’invention concerne un dispositif (110) de marquage d’un fluide (112) au moyen d’au moins une substance de marquage (114). Le dispositif (110) peut en particulier être utilisé pour le marquage d’un produit à base d’huile minérale. Le dispositif (110) comprend au moins un système de canalisations (116) servant au transport du fluide (112). Le dispositif (110) comprend par ailleurs au moins un système de dosage (128) servant au dosage de la substance de marquage (114) dans le fluide (112), ainsi qu’au moins un détecteur (140) servant à la détection de la substance de marquage (114) dans le fluide (112). Le détecteur (140) est relié au système de dosage (128) par au moins un dispositif de commande (142). Le dispositif de commande (142) est configuré de manière à agir sur le dosage de la substance de marquage (114).
PCT/EP2009/061378 2008-09-10 2009-09-03 Dispositif de fabrication d’un produit à base d’huile minérale anti-fraude WO2010029004A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP08164080 2008-09-10
EP08164080.7 2008-09-10

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2010029004A1 true WO2010029004A1 (fr) 2010-03-18

Family

ID=41278803

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/EP2009/061378 WO2010029004A1 (fr) 2008-09-10 2009-09-03 Dispositif de fabrication d’un produit à base d’huile minérale anti-fraude

Country Status (3)

Country Link
AR (1) AR073561A1 (fr)
TW (1) TW201017162A (fr)
WO (1) WO2010029004A1 (fr)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102011011437A1 (de) * 2011-02-16 2012-08-16 Philipp Cachée Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Sicherung von Flüssigkraftstoff gegen Diebstahl

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2021110525A1 (fr) * 2019-12-03 2021-06-10 Sicpa Holding Sa Procédé permettant de déterminer l'authenticité et l'adultération d'hydrocarbures pétroliers marqués

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5710046A (en) * 1994-11-04 1998-01-20 Amoco Corporation Tagging hydrocarbons for subsequent identification
WO2004029592A1 (fr) * 2002-09-30 2004-04-08 Totalfinaelf France Procede et dispositif pour la conduite en continu d’un processus de preparation d’un carburant, notamment pour moteur diesel, par melange en ligne de ses constituants.

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5710046A (en) * 1994-11-04 1998-01-20 Amoco Corporation Tagging hydrocarbons for subsequent identification
WO2004029592A1 (fr) * 2002-09-30 2004-04-08 Totalfinaelf France Procede et dispositif pour la conduite en continu d’un processus de preparation d’un carburant, notamment pour moteur diesel, par melange en ligne de ses constituants.

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102011011437A1 (de) * 2011-02-16 2012-08-16 Philipp Cachée Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Sicherung von Flüssigkraftstoff gegen Diebstahl

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AR073561A1 (es) 2010-11-17
TW201017162A (en) 2010-05-01

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
DE102006041347B3 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Detektion lebender Phytoplanktonzellen in Wasser
DE102014017220A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur simultanen Messung von Feinstaubkonzentrationen PM1, PM2.5 und PM10 - Particulate Matter
EP2284517A1 (fr) Dispositif et procédé d'analyse spectrométrique d'une boisson
DE102016121780A1 (de) Messanordnung zur Überwachung eines Abfüllprozesses und/oder eines Reinigungsprozesses in einer Abfüllanlage
SA517381909B1 (ar) جهاز ونظام وطريقة للحفاظ على دقة مستشعر
EP1393046A2 (fr) Detecteur de transmission
DE102013009642B4 (de) Messsystem, Reaktionsträger, Messverfahren und optischer Strömungssensor
WO2010029004A1 (fr) Dispositif de fabrication d’un produit à base d’huile minérale anti-fraude
EP3616171B1 (fr) Procédé d'identification de la marchandise en consignation
EP2265939B1 (fr) Procédé et dispositif de mesure pour déterminer la teneur d'un milieu liquide en au moins un adjuvant de filtrage
DE102009001860A1 (de) Verfahren zum Bestimmen einer Anzahl von Tropfen
EP1629265A1 (fr) Dispositif et procede pour detecter automatiquement au moins un indicateur fluorescent et/ou photoabsorbant contenu dans un agent de fonctionnement liquide lors du processus de remplissage de l'agent de fonctionnement dans une machine
WO2014198813A1 (fr) Procédé et dispositif pour déterminer des particules non dissoutes dans un fluide
WO2011144208A2 (fr) Agencement pour mesurer les propriétés optiques de particules dans une dispersion
EP3136083B1 (fr) Procede et dispositif de determination d'une matiere ou d'une concentration de matiere dans un milieu liquide
DE102005001850B4 (de) Messeinrichtung und Verfahren zum Messen einer Größe einer Flüssigkeit
EP3717888A1 (fr) Ensemble cytomètre en flux
EP2885620B1 (fr) Dispositif de détermination de contaminants particulaires dans des fluides
AT512728B1 (de) Verfahren zur Kalibrierung eines Streulichtmessgerätes
EP4012381A1 (fr) Dispositif et procédé de détection des particules dans des liquides et des gaz
EP4042147A1 (fr) Dispositif et procédé d'identification de substances dans la composition fluide
CN102735562B (zh) 用于确认系统中的污染和清洁的方法和装置
EP3465142B1 (fr) Dispositif de cytométrie en flux
WO2003070382A1 (fr) Procede et dispositif pour produire un aerosol
EP1685912A2 (fr) Dispositif de mesure destiné à la détermination du comportement par rapport à la poussière de systèmes dispersés

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 09782542

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1

DPE1 Request for preliminary examination filed after expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)
NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 09782542

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1