Patent ID: 8975901
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G01N,G01R

Abstract:
1. A device to measure a high field conductivity value, the device comprising: a housing comprising a horizontal level surface to rest upon an underlying horizontal supporting surface so as to support the device; a fluid cell on an inclined plane to receive a fluid, the inclined plane to receive the fluid and having an upwardly facing inclined surface with an upward inclination along the inclined plane, the inclined surface deviating with respect to both a horizontal and a vertical when the horizontal level surface is resting upon the underlying horizontal supporting surface; a pair of electrodes connected to the fluid cell, the pair of electrodes spaced apart from one another to receive the fluid therebetween and positioned parallel to one another to pass an electrical current therethrough; a power unit connected to one electrode of the pair of electrodes to provide a high voltage pulse to the one electrode, the power unit including a converter to convert a low voltage power supply to the high voltage power supply and a voltage switch to control the high voltage pulse; and a measurement unit connected to the other electrode of the pair of electrodes to measure the electrical current that passes between the pair of electrodes through the fluid in synchronization with the high voltage pulse.