Product
Colour Opacity

Dual-measurement analysis of the purity, clarity, contamination or concentration of liquid fuel

Ideal for production of fuel products that specify colour, as well as measuring dye colour and product contamination in pipeline applications.

Key Features Of Colour Opacity

  • Spectrophotometer based - no optical filter losses
  • Uses standard fibre optic cables
  • Multi-wavelength measurements
  • Measures colour, opacity and concentration
  • Easily configured in the field
  • ATEX and IECEx certified explosion proof

 

Illuminating technology

Icon scientific’s advanced dispersive spectrometer module brings greater precision to the measurement of colour, opacity or concentration

Colour Opacity avoids the sensitivity losses and low transmission characteristics that compromise existing technologies using either optical filters, or moving parts such as filter wheels and chopper motor assemblies.

 

How Colour Opacity works

A light source is transmitted through a sample and fed back to a patent dispersive spectrometer module for measurement

Using a 12V 10W tungsten lamp, run under reduced voltage to increase lifespan, light passes out of the enclosure through an optical window and moves along a fibre-optic cable. The light enters the cell, passes through the test sample and out via a window and fibre-optic cable. It travels back into the enclosure where the optical transmission or absorbance measurements are carried out; these are fed into the control computer to calculate the final results. The unique measurement versatility of the Colour Opacity is maximised through flexible configuration options easily programmed to specific applications.

 

 

User-configurable hardware

Fibre optic cables allow separation of the measuring cell if required, while a range of third-party transmittance and reflectance-measuring cells can be used in addition to a standard icon transmittance cells.

 

High stability measurement

All measurements are carried out using one or more reference wavelengths to compensate for cell drift and dust/dirt build-up on cell windows.

 

Versatile application use

ColourOpacity's flexible architecture can be configured for specific application needs in the field, for replication of a wide range of industry-standard visual colour comparison tests.

 

Industry-leading performance

Dual method analysis enables measurement of colour and opacity simultaneously, as well as concentration measurements based on light absorption at single or multiple wavelengths.