Patent ID: 7983851
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A measuring system for determination of at least one chemical property in an oil under transportation from a first container to a second container, said system comprising a pipe inlet arranged to or stepwise in consecutive steps, withdraw a sample part from the oil in flow under transportation from said first container to said second container, said consecutive steps have a step time, a pipe outlet for discharging at least some of the sample part, at least two measuring instruments each for measuring a property in a sample of said sample part, at least one of said measuring instruments being a chemical property measuring instrument for measuring a chemical property, a sample handling arrangement for guiding a sample from said sample part into and out of each of said at least two measuring instruments, wherein said measuring system further comprises a control computer unit connected to said sample handling arrangement and programmed to perform a plurality of consecutive measuring cycles, each comprising i. guiding a sample from said sample part into each of said at least two measuring instruments, ii. performing a measurement of said respective properties by said respective measuring instruments in said respective samples, and iii. withdrawing said respective samples from said at least two measuring instruments said control computer unit being programmed to perform said at least one cycle series with a cycle time which is less than said step time.