Patent ID: 9410937
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: C10L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method of evaluating to what degree a specific fuel sample will impair performance of a filter with a system for evaluation of a distillate fuel, said system having an input conduit ( 32 ) for a sample ( 1 ) of fuel; an input conduit ( means ( a filter ( a detector ( the method comprising the steps of: A) performing a pre-flush of fuel through the filter, prior to mixing the fuel with water, to ensure that any surfactants in the fuel are allowed to react with the filter ( B) mixing ( C) feeding said water/fuel emulsion along a by-pass path ( D) feeding said water/fuel emulsion through said filter ( E) computing a WSI value by summing output values from the detector, each less the baseline value, from the filtered time, and, scaling that result by the reference value less the same baseline data, then scaling a resulting value into an industry-standard value range.