Patent ID: 9636648
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B01F,G01F,G01N,G05D

Claim:
1. A system for compensating binary inlet buffers during inline buffer dilution comprising: a. a diluent received through a first port; b. a first buffer concentrate received through a second port, the first buffer concentrate having a majority component; c. a second buffer concentrate received through a third port, the second buffer concentrate being a binary mixture having a minority component that is the same as the majority component of the first buffer concentrate; d. a mixer having an inlet and an outlet; e. a first flow meter in communication with the outlet of the mixer; f. a second flow meter having an inlet in communication with the second port and an outlet in communication with the inlet of the mixer; g. a third flow meter having an inlet in communication with the third port and an outlet in communication with the inlet of the mixer; h. a property sensor in communication with the outlet of the mixer that measures a property of a product stream from the mixer; i. a first pump having an inlet in communication with the first port and an outlet in communication with the inlet of the mixer; j. a second pump having an inlet in communication with the second port and an outlet in communication with the inlet of the second flow meter; k. a third pump having an inlet in communication with the third port and an outlet in communication with the inlet of the third flow meter; l. a controller in communication with the first, second and third flow meters, the first second and third pumps and the property sensor, said controller programmed to: