The invention relates to a hygienic modular feed device for an inspection device, in particular an X-ray inspection device, for transferring products of a product stream consisting of bulk material, which is supplied from a substantially vertical z direction into a substantially horizontal conveying direction x and thus onto a conveying plane located in the x-y direction perpendicular to the z direction, wherein the feed device has an inlet opening above, as viewed in the z direction, oriented substantially in the z direction, and an outlet opening below, as viewed in the z direction, oriented substantially in the x direction, both openings being connected to an intermediate region, the intermediate region having a curved wall on the rear side, as viewed at least in the conveying direction x, to gently change the direction of the products from the z direction into the x direction, such that the pressure generated by the falling movement of the products is at least partially absorbed by the wall, and accordingly the pressure of the product stream on a conveyor system, in particular conveyor belt, arranged below the outlet opening is reduced. The invention also relates to a method for optimizing inspection outcomes using such an inspection device.

A method for use in measuring a composition of a multiphase fluid which includes flowing a multiphase fluid through a fluid flow path defined by a wall of a fluid conduit is disclosed. The wall includes an electrically non-conductive material. The method includes establishing an electromagnetic field which extends through the electrically non-conductive material of the wall of the fluid conduit into the fluid and measuring a property of the electromagnetic field over a measurement time period. The method also includes transmitting additional energy through the fluid over the measurement time period independently of the electromagnetic field and measuring the additional energy transmitted through the fluid over the measurement time period. The method may be used to unambiguously determine a composition of a multiphase fluid which has different components.

Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.

The present invention relates to a flow cell that comprises a body defining a cavity, an inlet pipe for the inflow of a fluid to the cavity, an outlet pipe for the outflow of the fluid from the cavity, and an X-ray transparent window for allowing the fluid in the cavity to be irradiated with X-ray radiation. In the flow cell according to the invention the inner surface of the inlet pipe comprises a grooving for imparting rotational flow to the inflowing fluid. The present invention also relates to a system and a method for analysing a fluid.

A thermal control apparatus adapted for use with a pressurized air supply for controlling temperature of a component includes a vortex tube having an inlet adapted for connection with the pressurized air supply, a cold air outlet, and a hot air outlet, and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the cold air outlet of the vortex tube, the heat exchanger being in thermal contact with the component and thereby controlling the temperature of the component. The heat exchanger further includes a post-heat-exchange exhaust air outlet in fluid communication with an exhaust air inlet adapted to direct the exhaust air along an outside of the vortex tube.

This disclosure presents systems and processes to collect elemental composition of target fluid and solid material located downhole of a borehole. Waveguides can be utilized that include capillary optics to deliver emitted high energy into a container or a conduit and then to detect the high energy. A source waveguide can be used to emit the high energy into the target fluid and a detector waveguide can collect resulting measurements. Each waveguide can include a protective sheath and a pressure cap on the end of the capillary optics that are proximate the target fluid, to protect against abrasion and target fluid pressure. In other aspects, a pulsed neutron tool can be utilized in place of the waveguides to collect measurements. The collected measurements can be utilized to generate chemical signature results that can be utilized to determine the elemental composition of the target fluid or of the solid material.

A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream.

Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.

This invention patent application addresses a system for the detection and quantification of mineralogical species via x-ray diffraction (XRD) of the concentrate of dry copper before it is injected into a converter or melting furnace. Specifically, it addresses a device that performs a mineralogical analysis, in line and in real time, of the concentrate of copper in the bath smelting furnace via x-ray diffraction (XRD), which allows for control over the ideal mixture for the optimal process for copper sulfide (Cu2S)-white metal, iron sulfide (FeS)-Slag and pyritic sulfur (S2)-temperature.

Systems and methods are disclosed relating to reservoir characterization. A computed tomography (CT) imaging device is used to generate a CT image of a rock sample from a reservoir and segmented into CT slices. The CT slices are processed to identify textures of the rock sample to provide texture data. The rock sample is scanned using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to provide NMR data. The NMR data is segmented to provide NMR segments. The NMR segments and texture data are analyzed to determine a contribution of each texture in each CT slice to one or more relaxation times in a corresponding NMR segment for each CT slice. A petrophysical property is predicted for each texture of each CT slice based on a contribution of each texture and the corresponding NMR segment for each CT slice. A petrophysical model for the reservoir is generated based on the predicted petrophysical property.