Patent ID: 8908165
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a flow path containing a fluid; a fluid separator coupled to the flow path and having an inlet for receiving the fluid and a discharge conduit for discharging the fluid after having undergone a separation process in the fluid separator; a first optical computing device arranged adjacent the inlet and having a first integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the fluid and thereby produce and convey optically interacted light to a first detector which generates a first output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the fluid before the fluid enters the fluid separator; a second optical computing device arranged adjacent the discharge conduit and having a second integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the fluid and thereby produce and convey optically interacted light to a second detector which generates a second output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the fluid after the fluid exits the fluid separator; and a signal processor communicably coupled to the first and second detectors and configured to receive the first and second output signals and provide a resulting output signal, wherein the first and second integrated computational elements comprise alternating layers of material configured to separate an electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the characteristic of the fluid from a background electromagnetic radiation according to an optical property of the optically interacted light.