Patent ID: 7017392

Claim:
A system for monitoring a dilution of a first fluid into a commodity of said system; said system comprising: said commodity having a preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 2 ); a first fluid supply reservoir having said first fluid therein, said first fluid having a preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 1 ) being different from said preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 2 ) of said commodity; a monitoring fluid having a preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 3 ) being different from said preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 2 ) of said commodity and said preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 1 ) of said first fluid, wherein at least one of commodity preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 2 ), first fluid preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 1 ), and monitoring fluid preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 3 ) is a light emission parameter; an apparatus having at least one of a plurality of components making up said apparatus, said apparatus being operated in a preestablished cycle; and a monitoring station having at least one of a display monitor and a recording device, said monitoring station having a device having the capability to distinguish at least two of said preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 3 ) of said monitoring fluid from said preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 2 ) of said commodity and said preestablished distinguishing parameter (DP 1 ) of said first fluid.