Fluorescence method of quantifying hydrocarbons, including crude oil, dispersed in water

U.S. Patent Number: 5381002

Abstract: A method to determine the amount of oil, including dispersed oil, in water at low levels wherein a surfactant is first mixed with water which may contain dispersed oil, the surfactant comprising a non-aromatic surfactant able to solubilize into water the particular oil being tested for, and comparing the emission fluorescence of the surfactant/water mixture to previous correlations drawn between known amounts of oil in water and their emission fluorescence under similar conditions.

Inventors: Morrow; Lawrence R. (Richmond, TX), Martir; Wilson K. (Houston, TX), Aghazeynali; Hossein (Sugar Land, TX)

Assignee: Texaco Inc. (White Plains, NY)

Application Number: 08/051,710

Issued: 1995-01-10

Expired: 2007-01-10

Classes: 250/301 ; 250/461.1

Field of search: 250/301,461.1

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