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4718270 Porosimeter and methods of assessing porosity  
A porosimeter comprises a gas supply, a gas pressure regulator for the gas supply, a sample holder having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet being connected to the gas pressure regulator, a gas...
4716758 Method of predicting and monitoring the imperviousness of an underground cavern  
The imperviousness of an underground storage cavern for hydrocarbons in a water-impregnated rock formation is predicted and monitored by progressively increasing the pressure in the cavern and...
4715212 Bulk solids property tester  
Apparatus and method for testing the internal friction and yield strength properties of bulk solids, for use in the design of material handling equipment. A sample of the solids is confined under...
4713975 Dense star polymers for calibrating/characterizing sub-micron apertures  
In a substance such as a membrane, a cell or virus having at least one aperture of a diameter of about 10,000 Angstroms or less, a process for measuring and characterizing the diameter of the...
4710948 Geologic core holder with composite barrel  
A geologic core holder includes an elongated barrel constructed of a composite of wound and longitudinally extending nonmetallic fibers embedded in a resin matrix to provide a high strength...
4701861 Filter test device  
A filter test device comprises an inlet which communicates with a gas source, an outlet which communicates with the inlet of a filter vessel, a pneumatic valve apparatus disposed between the inlet...
4686848 High temperature particulate filter media test unit  
A portable test device for evaluating the effectiveness of different filtering media, preferably metallic filtering media, in removing particulates from the gas stream of an exhaust stack at...
4688238 Method for determining lithological characteristics of a porous material  
A substantially cylindrical sample of a porous material is surrounded by an elastic jacket and placed in a confining pressure cell. Pressure is supplied to the cell to press the jacket into contact...
4686849 Method for determining mine roof competency  
Mine roof competency is determined by injecting a pressurized gas into a borehole drilled in the roof of the mine and measuring the rate of pressure loss. A high rate of pressure loss is indicative...
4685326 Resonant determination of saturation changes in rock samples  
Mass, or changes in mass, of a rock specimen are measured to determine the changes in saturation of a rock specimen. Measurements can be obtained in test environments of high temperature or high...
4679422 Method and apparatus for steady-state measurement of liquid conductivity in porous media  
In the operation of the present invention, a compacted porous medium is provided with a supply of the desired liquid and is subjected to centrifugal force until the measurement of the flow rate of...
4679421 Automated gas-liquid relative permeameter  
An automated system for instantaneously measuring the production rates of gas and liquid produced from a sample core for automatically determining gas-liquid relative permeability. An apparatus is...
4676091 Method and device for continuous measurement of porosity  
The porosity of a strip of material is continuously computed by causing air to be drawn through the material as the strip moves across a perforated head situated atop a chamber in which the...
4676092 Filter test method and apparatus  
The invention consists of a method and apparatus for very rapid, assembly-line inspection of fluid filters for manufacturing flaws; which, when the filter is in service, would pass particles...
4672841 Measuring head for measuring the porosity of a moving strip  
The invention relates to a measuring head for measuring the porosity of a moving strip of porous material. The measuring chamber of the measuring head is covered by a measuring plate in which...
4672840 Method and system for determining fluid volumes of a two-phase effluent fluid flow through a porous material  
A liquid hydrocarbon and an insoluble displacing fluid are passed through a core sample from a subsurface formation. The two-phase effluent flow out of the core sample is collected in a container...
4671100 Permeameter  
A process and apparatus for measuring the permeability of solid samples involves applying a constant differential pressure between the end faces of a sample disposed in a measuring cell,...
4671102 Method and apparatus for determining distribution of fluids  
Method and apparatus are provided to determine the distribution of fluids in a sample employing a centrifuge. The apparatus is an automated centrifuge which may employ a plurality of X-ray energies...
4671098 Delta P instrument for oxidation measurement  
An apparatus for measuring ΔP in coal is described which comprises: (a) a plurality of closed metallic coal sample cups; (b) a gas manifold flow connected to each of said sample cups by way of a...
4669299 Measuring relative permeability to steam in cores of water and oil containing reservoir formations  
Relative permeabilities to flowing steam water and/or oil phases within cores of earth formations are determined by flowing such fluids at reservoir conditions, sealing them within the cores, X-ray...
4667504 Flow through device for determination of the penetration rate of chemicals across biological membranes in vitro  
An apparatus for determining in vitro the penetration rate of chemicals across a biological membrane. The apparatus comprises two housings, one holding a reservoir of test chemical, and the other...
4665689 Exhaust system for the combustion gases of an internal combustion engine  
An exhaust system for the combustion gases of an internal combustion engine is provided comprising a pressure sensor detecting the increase of the back pressure of the gases inside an exhaust...
4663969 Measuring water vapor transmission through materials  
The method and apparatus for testing the vapor transmission characteristics of a sheet material which comprises disposing said material at an interface between an aqueous solution and a plenum...
4662214 Method and apparatus for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry  
The wrappers of filter cigarettes are tested during transport in the peripheral flutes of a drum-shaped conveyor through a testing station where at least one end of the wrapper receives air at a...
4660412 Three fluid method for non-mercury intrusion porosimetry  
A three-fluid method of non-mercury liquid intrusion porosimetry. The sample to be tested and a quantity of non-wetting intrusion liquid other than mercury are introduced into a sealable,...
4659674 Quality control method for containers  
A method is provided for determining the impermeability of a polymeric article to a fluid by the steps of: (a) allowing a permeant to diffuse through the polymeric article for a preselected...
4656865 System for analyzing permeation of a gas or vapor through a film or membrane  
The invention is a system for measuring the permeation of a vapor or gas through a film or membrane. The device comprises a test cell which has two chambers which are separated by a membrane...
4651557 Apparatus for measuring the flow-pressure characteristics of the gas passing through a product sample having two faces  
An apparatus is provided for measuring the flow-pressure characteristics of gas passing through a product sample with two faces, for example for measuring the permeability of a sample of air...
4649737 Apparatus and method for automatic testing of core samples  
An apparatus for automatically determining the permeability and porosity for a plurality of core samples. The apparatus includes a carousel capable of carrying a plurality of core samples, a piston...
4649738 Fluidic permeability measurement bridge  
Physical properties relating to permeability and porosity of a material in a conveying fluid medium are determined in a device designed to measure the pressure differential between a first stream...
4648261 Method for determining physical properties of a porous sample using capillary pressure measurement  
A method for determining pore-dependent properties, such as electrical conductivity and absolute permeability, of a porous sample by use of capillary pressure measurements. Capillary pressure data...
4644779 Method and equipment to perform porosimetric analyses  
A method for performing porosimetric analyses and apparatus therefor are disclosed. In particular, a method for performing porosimetric anaylses by the so-called mercury method is disclosed,...
4643019 Porous end plug disk for testing core samples  
Improved end plugs for abutting core samples during porosity and permeability testing. The end plug has a face having at least one circular channel and a plurality of radial channels formed on its...
4638447 Method for determining consistent oil relative permeability values from dynamic displacement data  
Corrected oil relative permeability values for a core sample are determined from dynamic displacement measurements by the steps of plotting a ratio of oil rate output (q o ) to calculated oil...
4635470 Apparatus and method for permeability measurement  
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining the drainability by permeability measurements. The apparatus is provided for taking a sample of a suspension, particularly a fibre...
4630466 Apparatus for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry  
A cigarette testing apparatus wherein the cigarettes are transported in axially parallel peripheral flutes of a testing drum toward, past and beyond a testing station. A wobble plate is adjacent to...
4631677 Method for determining the placement of perforations in a well casing  
A method for determining the productivity of a well site includes extracting a core with sponge coring techniques and measuring the parameters of the core. The parameters measured are porosity,...
4627448 Tobacco smoke article holder and method therefor  
A tobacco smoke article holder for a testing machine and a method of mounting a tobacco smoke article in the holder to simulate the human smoking process including an inflatably lined flow-through...
4625544 Determining saturation and permeability using mercury capillary pressure curves  
A method using mercury capillary pressure curves for determining various characteristics of formations. The mercury capillary pressure curve is amplified and small changes are used to compute...
4623263 Apparatus for the thermal measurement of the texture of a porous body  
An apparatus for the thermal measurement of the texture of a porous body, including a measuring head, a measuring assembly and a processing and control circuit. The measuring head is provided with...
4622643 Method for determining consistent water relative permeability values from dynamic displacement data  
Corrected water relative permeability values for a core sample are determined from dynamic displacement measurements by the steps of plotting a ratio of water rate output (q w ) to calculated water...
4619136 Apparatus for measuring the decontamination factor of a multiple filter air-cleaning system  
An apparatus for measuring the overall decontamination factor of first and second filters located in a plenum. The first filter separates the plenum's upstream and intermediate chambers. The second...
4614109 Method and device for testing the permeability of membrane filters  
The invention pertains to a method and device for testing the permeability of membrane filters by submitting a wetted membrane filter on its inlet side to a predetermined testing gas pressure...
4601336 Process for selecting a steam foam forming surfactant  
A steam-foam-forming surfactant effective for displacing the oil in a particular reservoir is selected by comparing the capabilities of foams formed by different surfactants for both flowing...
4599891 TCH--tri-axial core holder  
A core holder is described which shows a rock core in a resilient sleeve within a hollow housing. A longitudinal axial force is applied on the core independently of pressure applied radially on the...
4596134 Method and apparatus for simulating smoking through cigarette filter tips to determine percentage of collapse  
Method and apparatus for simulating smoking through a cigarette filter tip by metering a controlled amount of heated water vapor for a controlled period of time through a cigarette filter tip and...
4587857 Method for mounting poorly consolidated core samples  
A method of mounting and confining poorly and/or unconsolidated core samples for subsequent handling and testing is disclosed. The preferred method comprises the steps of inserting a poorly...
4586376 Determining the effect of fluid flow through permeable media  
A method and apparatus for determining the effect of the flow of a fluid through a permeable particulate medium wherein a sample of the fluid is maintained as nearly as possible in the same...
4584870 Manufacture of cigarettes  
Apparatus for testing the wrappers of cigarettes for leaks includes means for producing a series of first electrical signals indicative of the leakage flow through the wrappers of successive...
4573342 Apparatus and method for the automatic porosity and permeability testing of multiple core samples  
An apparatus automatically determining the permeability and porosity for a plurality of core samples. The apparatus includes a carousel capable of carrying a plurality of core samples, a piston...