Systems and methods for detection of mercury in hydrocarbon-containing fluids using optical analysis of slug flow

• Main Authors: Lee, Victoria, Floquet, Cedric, van Hal, Ronald E. G, Sieben, Vincent
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.07.2019
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

A method and system for detecting mercury in a hydrocarbon-containing fluid stores a sample of the hydrocarbon-containing fluid in a first reservoir. A liquid phase reagent solution is stored in a second reservoir. The liquid phase reagent solution includes nanoparticles with an affinity to mercury,...