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US 12,259,377 · App. 17/713,640 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Detecting hydrocarbon fuels in lubrication oils

Inventors: Maha Nour (Thuwal, SA); Amjad Felemban (Thuwal, SA); Hamad Al Saiari (Al-Khobar, SA)
Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
G01N33/2841B01L3/502715B01L2300/0851B01L2300/0858
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Patent No.
US 12,259,377
App. No.
17/713,640
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes a plate and a micro-protrusion baffle. The plate defines a microfluidic channel that is configured to flow a sample of lubrication oil. The microfluidic channel has an inlet for receiving the sample of lubrication oil. The microfluidic channel has an outlet for discharging the sample of lubrication oil. The plate defines walls of the microfluidic channel. The walls extend from the inlet to the outlet. The micro-protrusion baffle is located within the microfluidic channel between the inlet and the outlet. The micro-protrusion baffle extends from any of the walls. The micro-protrusion baffle includes a cyclic olefin copolymer. Dissolution of at least a portion of the micro-protrusion baffle in response to the sample of lubrication oil flowing through the microfluidic channel indicates a presence of hydrocarbon fuel in the sample of lubrication oil.

Claims (32)

1. A microfluidic apparatus comprising:

a plate defining a microfluidic channel configured to flow lubrication oil, the microfluidic channel having an inlet for receiving the lubrication oil and an outlet for discharging the lubrication oil, the plate defining a plurality of walls of the microfluidic channel, the plurality of walls extending from the inlet to the outlet; and

a plurality of micro-protrusion baffles located within the microfluidic channel and distributed between the inlet and the outlet, each micro-protrusion baffle extending from any of the plurality of walls, each micro-protrusion baffle comprising a cyclic olefin copolymer that is insoluble in acyclic saturated hydrocarbons, each micro-protrusion baffle configured to at least partially dissolve in a presence of an aromatic hydrocarbon in the lubrication oil flowed through the microfluidic channel.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of walls comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite the top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, and each of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extend from any of the first side wall or the second side wall.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each micro-protrusion baffle extends from the bottom wall to the top wall.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each micro-protrusion baffle comprises a free end that is a perpendicular distance, from the respective side wall from which the respective micro-protrusion baffle extends, that is in a range of from about 10 micrometers to about 100 micrometers.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles, in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, alternate between extending from the first side wall and extending from the second side wall.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extends perpendicularly from the first side wall.

7. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each micro-protrusion baffle has a maximum dimension that is less than 1 millimeter.

8. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extends from the first side wall non-perpendicularly at a non-zero angle with respect to the first side wall.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extends toward the outlet.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extends toward the inlet.

11. A method comprising:

flowing a sample of lubrication oil through a microfluidic channel defined by a plate, the microfluidic channel having a plurality of walls extending from an inlet to an outlet of the microfluidic channel;

flowing the sample of lubrication oil across a plurality of micro-protrusion baffles located within the microfluidic channel and distributed between the inlet and the outlet, each of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extending from any of the plurality of walls, each of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles comprising a cyclic olefin copolymer;

detecting that at least a portion of any of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles has dissolved in response to the sample of lubrication oil flowing across the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles; and

determining a presence of hydrocarbon fuel in the sample of lubrication oil based on detecting that at least a portion of any of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles has dissolved.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of walls comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite the top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, and each of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extend from any of the first side wall or the second side wall.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extend from the bottom wall to the top wall.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extend from any of the first side wall or the second side wall by a perpendicular distance from the respective side wall in a range of from about 10 micrometers to about 100 micrometers.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles, in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, alternate between extending from the first side wall and extending from the second side wall.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extends perpendicularly from the first side wall.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles extends from the first side wall non-perpendicularly at a non-zero angle with respect to the first side wall.

18. The method of claim 12 , comprising:

flowing a second sample of lubrication oil through the microfluidic channel;

flowing the second sample of lubrication oil across the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles;

detecting that the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles has not dissolved in response to the second sample of lubrication oil flowing across the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles; and

determining an absence of hydrocarbon fuel in the second sample of lubrication oil based on detecting that the plurality of micro-protrusion baffles has not dissolved.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a plate defining a microfluidic channel configured to flow a sample of lubrication oil, the microfluidic channel having an inlet for receiving the sample of lubrication oil and an outlet for discharging the sample of lubrication oil, the plate defining a plurality of walls of the microfluidic channel, the plurality of walls extending from the inlet to the outlet; and

a micro-protrusion baffle located within the microfluidic channel between the inlet and the outlet, the micro-protrusion baffle extending from any of the plurality of walls, the micro-protrusion baffle comprising a cyclic olefin copolymer, wherein dissolution of at least a portion of the micro-protrusion baffle in response to the sample of lubrication oil flowing through the microfluidic channel indicates a presence of hydrocarbon fuel in the sample of lubrication oil.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the micro-protrusion baffle has a maximum dimension that is less than 1 millimeter and extends perpendicularly from one of the plurality of walls.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2022
From: NOUR, MAHA; FELEMBAN, AMJAD; AL SAIARI, HAMAD
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
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