[OPTICAL FLUID ANALYSIS SIGNAL REFINEMENT]
First Claim
1. A method for refining fluid sample data, comprising:
- obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in at least one color channel and at least one fluid component channel;
determining a color-absorption function from the optical density data for the fluid sample in the at least one color channel;
calculating a portion of an optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by color absorptions; and
de-coloring the optical density data for the at least one fluid component channel by removing the portion of the optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by color absorption.
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Abstract
A method for refining fluid sample data includes obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in at least two color channels and at least one fluid component channel and determining a color-absorption function from the optical density data for the fluid sample in the at least two color channels. The method also includes calculating a portion of the optical density caused by color absorptions in each of the at least one fluid component channels, and de-coloring the optical density data in each of the at least one fluid component channels by removing the portion of the optical density data caused by color absorption.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for refining fluid sample data, comprising:
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obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in at least one color channel and at least one fluid component channel;
determining a color-absorption function from the optical density data for the fluid sample in the at least one color channel;
calculating a portion of an optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by color absorptions; and
de-coloring the optical density data for the at least one fluid component channel by removing the portion of the optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by color absorption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for refining fluid sample data, comprising:
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obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in a water channel and in at least one fluid component channel;
calculating a portion of an optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by water absorptions based on an optical density in the water channel and a water-absorption ratio for the at least one fluid component channel; and
de-watering the optical density data in the at least one fluid component channel by removing the portion of the optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by water absorptions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for refining fluid sample data, comprising:
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obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in at least one color channel, a water channel, and at least one fluid component channel;
determining a color-absorption function from the optical density data of the fluid sample in the at least one color channel;
calculating a portion of an optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by color absorptions;
calculating a portion of the optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by water absorptions based on an optical density in the water channel and a water-absorption ratio for the at least one fluid component channel; and
adjusting the optical density data in the at least one fluid component channel by removing the portion of the optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by color absorptions, and by removing the portion of the optical density in the at least one fluid component channel caused by water absorptions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for refining fluid sample data, comprising:
- obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in a plurality of optical channels;
developing a system of equations that model an optical density in each of the plurality of optical channels as a sum of at least two of the group consisting of color absorptions, molecular vibration absorptions, water absorptions, and scattering; and
solving the system of equations to determine the molecular vibration absorptions in at least a methane channel and an oil channel. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
- obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in a plurality of optical channels;
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25. An electronics system, comprising:
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an input device adapted to receive optical density data for a fluid sample at a plurality of times;
a memory operatively coupled with the input device to store the received data; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory and adapted to use the optical density data to develop a system of equations that model an optical density in each of the plurality of optical channels as a sum of at least two of the group consisting of color absorptions, molecular vibration absorptions, water absorptions, and scattering, and adapted to solve the system of equations to determine the molecular vibration absorptions in a methane channel and an oil channel. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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