ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,887, issued on March 4, was assigned to STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY (Stellenbosch, South Africa).
"Apparatus and system for measuring fouling parameters in a fluid" was invented by Gideon Wolfaardt (Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Kyle Brent Klopper (Stellenbosch, South Africa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and system for measuring and monitoring fouling parameters in a fluid are provided. The apparatus includes a conduit within a housing, wherein at least a portion of the conduit provides a carbon dioxide permeable membrane through which carbon dioxide in the fluid can permeate in use. A carbon dioxide sensor within the hou...