Light pinpoints stress and strain – A Brillouin’t idea from OZ Optics
Remote Pipeline, Perimeter, and Structural Monitoring…
Foresight™, from OZ Optics, is a sophisticated Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensor (DSTS) based on Brillouin scattering in an optical fibre. It can measure subtle changes in both temperature and strain along the length of the fibre over time, or the rapid location detection of a major disturbance within a second.
By wrapping or embedding a fibre inside a structure, such as an oil pipeline or dam, detection of the structure being strained or heated/cooled is possible, allowing for pre-emptive maintenance. Such monitoring capability is invaluable in critical structures where cracks and failure could involve loss of life or other unprecedented costs.
Foresight™ can also detect and report larger signals within one second with only a slight loss of accuracy. This sort of response speed is ideal for security applications or strains caused by earthquakes where an immediate measurement and reaction may be required.
For more details about this system, please contact us.
OZPEN – A carbon dioxide cleaning system for optical components
The OZPEN – from leading fibre specialist OZ Optics – is a versatile small surface area precision cleaning system for fibre optics and other components. The OZPEN produces an adjustable spray of clean dry air or nitrogen containing small carbon dioxide ‘dry ice’ particles to efficiently remove foreign matter from a surface.
The composite spray cleaning technique is a patented process using the chemically active, dry CO2 spray for efficient and effective removal of inorganic and organic surface contamination from substrate surfaces.
The cleaning unit delivers a precisely controlled accelerated stream of solid carbon dioxide particles at high velocity. This snow is created from the conversion of liquid CO2 to solid CO2 particles and CO2 gas at the spray nozzle. The nozzle, propellant pressure, and temperature are adjusted for optimal cleaning process.
Thin film organic contamination can also be removed by snow cleaning providing it is soluble in liquid CO2. Typical light oils are good candidates for CO2 cleaning.
As the solid CO2 spray within the plume is at a temperature of around -78 °C, the cooling properties of can be used to remove contaminants with high water content, first by freezing, then by fracturing it from the underlying substrate.
For more information on the product and its uses, please contact Elliot Scientific or see the video here.
OZPEN – a dry ice cleaning system for optical components
The OZPEN – from OZ Optics – is a versatile small surface area precision cleaning system for fibre optics and other components. It produces an adjustable spray of clean dry air or nitrogen containing small carbon dioxide ‘dry ice’ particles to efficiently remove foreign matter from a surface.
The composite spray cleaning technique is a patented process using the chemically active, dry CO2 spray for efficient and effective removal of inorganic and organic surface contamination from substrate surfaces.
The cleaning unit delivers a precisely controlled accelerated stream of solid carbon dioxide particles at high velocity. This snow is created from the conversion of liquid CO2 to solid CO2 particles and CO2 gas at the spray nozzle. The nozzle, propellant pressure, and temperature are adjusted for optimal cleaning process.
Thin film organic contamination can also be removed by snow cleaning providing it is soluble in liquid CO2. Typical light oils are good candidates for CO2 cleaning.
As the solid CO2 spray within the plume is at a temperature of around -78 °C, the cooling properties of can be used to remove contaminants with high water content, first by freezing, then by fracturing it from the underlying substrate.
For more information on the OZPEN and its uses, please contact us or see the video here.
Light pinpoints stress and strain – A Brillouin’t idea from OZ Optics
Remote Pipeline, Perimeter, and Structural Monitoring…
Foresight™, from OZ Optics, is a sophisticated Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensor (DSTS) based on Brillouin scattering in an optical fibre. It can measure subtle changes in both temperature and strain along the length of the fibre over time, or the rapid location detection of a major disturbance within a second.
By wrapping or embedding a fibre inside a structure, such as an oil pipeline or dam, detection of the structure being strained or heated/cooled is possible, allowing for pre-emptive maintenance. Such monitoring capability is invaluable in critical structures where cracks and failure could involve loss of life or other unprecedented costs.
Foresight™ can also detect and report larger signals within one second with only a slight loss of accuracy. This sort of response speed is ideal for security applications or strains caused by earthquakes where an immediate measurement and reaction may be required.
For more details about this system, download the datasheet, or contact us.
OZPEN – A carbon dioxide cleaning system for optical components
Now available through Elliot Scientific, the OZPEN – from leading fibre specialist OZ Optics – is a versatile small surface area precision cleaning system for fibre optics and other components. The OZPEN produces an adjustable spray of clean dry air or nitrogen containing small carbon dioxide ‘dry ice’ particles to efficiently remove foreign matter from a surface.
The composite spray cleaning technique is a patented process using the chemically active, dry CO2 spray for efficient and effective removal of inorganic and organic surface contamination from substrate surfaces.
The cleaning unit delivers a precisely controlled accelerated stream of solid carbon dioxide particles at high velocity. This snow is created from the conversion of liquid CO2 to solid CO2 particles and CO2 gas at the spray nozzle. The nozzle, propellant pressure, and temperature are adjusted for optimal cleaning process.
Thin film organic contamination can also be removed by snow cleaning providing it is soluble in liquid CO2. Typical light oils are good candidates for CO2 cleaning.
As the solid CO2 spray within the plume is at a temperature of around -78 °C, the cooling properties of can be used to remove contaminants with high water content, first by freezing, then by fracturing it from the underlying substrate.
For more information on the product and its uses, please contact us or see the video here.
Elliot Scientific introduces CRAIC Technologies CoalPro II to the UK…
CRAIC Technologies CoalProII
Coal, kerogens and petroleum source rock are becoming increasingly important in the search for new sources of energy. The CoalPro II, now available through Elliot Scientific to the coal, oil and gas sector in the UK and Ireland, is the newest system from CRAIC Technologies for the optical analysis of vitrinite and other macerals commonly found in these materials.
One of the most important ways of grading the energy content of coal and petroleum source rock is to measure the optical reflectance of microscopic amounts of vitrinite, a maceral that comprises various polymers, cellulose and lignin. This key test determines its thermal maturity and therefore energy content, a procedure standardised by a number of international bodies including both ISO and ASTM. All of the standards require the use of a microscope photometer, a device designed to measure the intensity of light reflected from a microscopic sampling area, such as the CoalPro II.
For more information on this and other microspectrophotometer products, visit the CRAIC Product Page, telephone +44(0)1582 766300 or email us.
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