METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SEGMENTED FLUID STREAM

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURENew and improved method and apparatus for the non-invasive detection of the respective segments and segment inter-faces, and the non-invasive determination of the respectivesegment volumes, of a continuous segmented fluid stream flowingin a transparent conduit are disclosed and comprise means toirradiate the conduit and the flowing fluid stream with radiationenergy of spectral content predetermined in accordance with theradiation energy absorbance and refraction characteristics of thefluid segments and the fluid segment-conduit interface, means todetect the radiation energy which is transmitted through thesegments and conduit and provide signals indicative thereof, andsignal processing means operatively associated with the detectingmeans and operable to process said signals and perform the statedfunctions in accordance therewith.Docket 2162