In order to provide a concentration control apparatus that, without adding any new sensors or the like, makes it possible to accurately estimate a quantity of source consumed inside a vaporization tank, and to perform highly accurate concentration control in accordance with the remaining quantity of source, there is provided a concentration control apparatus that, in a vaporizer that is equipped with at least a vaporization tank containing a liquid or solid source, a carrier gas supply path that supplies a carrier gas to the vaporization tank, and a source gas extraction path along which flows a source gas which is created by vaporizing the source and is then extracted from the vaporization tank, controls a concentration of the source gas and includes a concentration monitor that is provided on the source gas extraction path, and outputs output signals in accordance with a concentration of the source gas.

Automated methods and systems for blending high sulfur hydrocarbons, particularly those derived from transmix, into low sulfur hydrocarbon streams are provided. Also provided are methods for splitting transmix into usable hydrocarbon fractions and blending the fractions back into defined hydrocarbon streams.

An automated nutrient injection system is provided. The automated nutrient injection system comprises a nutrient mixing and delivery system coupled to a controller. The nutrient mixing and delivery system is configured to mix a predefined formula comprised of at least one nutrient and water. The controller is configured to receive, store, and execute user-defined settings of the nutrient mixing and delivery system. The controller comprises a remote display, wherein the remote display is viewable on a device physically remote from the nutrient mixing and delivery system.

An air cart for use in an agricultural air seeding system is provided. The air cart includes a first storage compartment for holding a first granular product type. The air cart also includes a second storage compartment for holding a second granular product type different from the first granular product type. The air cart further includes a common conduit configured to receive the first granular product type from the first storage compartment and the second granular product type from the second storage compartment to enable simultaneous flow of the first granular product type and the second granular product type. The air cart even further includes a multi-product particle flow rate sensing system configured to monitor respective flow rates for both the first granular product type and the second granular product type during simultaneous flow of the first granular product type and the second granular product type through the common conduit.

Fluid control systems, including mass flow control systems, mass flow ratio control systems, and mass flow and ratio control systems, as well as corresponding methods for fluid control are provided. These systems allow one shared pressure sensor to be used for multiple flow channels, and a controller which can accurately determine mass flow on the basis of fluid pressure detected by this shared pressure sensor.

An electronically regulatable metering pump for use in an automatic washing installation is regulated based on a desired specification of the washing installation and depending on detected sensor data and is configured to deliver a volume flow of the additive such that, when the additive is admixed with the washing fluid, a desired application concentration is provided for feeding into an operating assembly of the washing installation.

Methods and apparatuses for delivering a process gas to a processing chamber are provided. A mass flow controller includes a first flow line for introducing a process fluid and an inlet valve disposed along the first flow line for controlling a flow rate of the process fluid. The mass flow controller includes a second flow line for introducing a carrier fluid into the mass flow controller and a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) Coriolis sensor for providing a density signal and a mass flow rate signal for a mixture of the process fluid and the carrier fluid. The mass flow controller provided includes an outlet valve for controlling a mass flow rate of the mixture that is output by the mass flow controller as well as a controller for operating the inlet valve based on the density signal and for operating the outlet valve based on the mass flow rate signal.

A method includes mixing a first deionized water (DI) water from a first pipe and a second DI water from a second pipe in a merging pipe that is in fluid communication with the first pipe and the second pipe. An electrical resistivity of the first DI water is different from an electrical resistivity of the second DI water. A mixture of the first DI water and the second DI water is applied from the merging pipe onto a wafer.

Systems operable to blend at least one finished gasoline from a refined petroleum product comprising at least one neat gasoline with ethanol and optionally butane utilizing a blend model that calculates a volumetric blend ratio comprising at least one neat gasoline, ethanol and optionally, butane. The blend model incorporates estimated values for the octane number and the volatility of the ethanol and butane when calculating the volumetric blend ratio.

A digital control method is to accurately calculate the real-time addition amount of each dye in the solution replenishment system in the whole dyeing process based on the initial dyeing rate of each dye, and replenish the dye solution according to the real-time addition amount. A digital control system includes an automatic calculation K.sub.0,n value unit, a central processing unit and a replenishment pump. The automatic calculation K.sub.0,n value unit is composed of a dye solution concentration detection instrument, a sensor I and a BP neural network model. The BP neural network model is a BP neural network trained by a dye database. The automatic calculation K.sub.0,n value unit transmits the K.sub.0,n value to the central processing unit, calculates the replenishment amount through the central processing unit, and controls the replenishment pump to replenish the solution.