US 11,796,437 B2
Measuring density via pressure sensor in a conduit
Clay Hildreth, Carmel, IN (US); and Christopher Robert Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to BRINE MASTERS, LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Filed by Brine Masters, LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,017.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,356, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,332, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0404930 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 9/00 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor system for detecting a density and/or a concentration of a brine solution flowing in a conduit, the sensor system comprising:
a vertical pipe having a top and a bottom, the bottom of the vertical pipe in liquid communication with the conduit such that a diverted portion of the brine solution is received at the bottom of the vertical pipe from the conduit, and the top of the vertical pipe at atmospheric pressure;
a pressure sensor to detect a pressure of the brine solution in the vertical pipe and a pressure of a reference solution in the vertical pipe; and
processor circuitry configured to determine the density and/or the concentration of the brine solution based on the detected pressure of the brine solution filled to a fixed column height in the vertical pipe and a property of the reference solution, the property of the reference solution comprising the detected pressure of the reference solution filled to the fixed column height in the vertical pipe.