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Crude Oil Spill on the Ohio River Monitored by the TD-500 Oil in Water Meter

PHOTO - BRIAN BOHANNON
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments, Inc. is helping the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) in monitoring the 63,000 gallon crude oil spill on the Ohio River. This spill was a result of ruptured underground pipeline on the Kentucky River. ORSANCO is using the TD-500 handheld oil in water analyzer and the 10-AU field fluorometer for oil spill response. For more information on the oil spill, please see www.epa.gov/region4/midvallley_ky/index.htm. ORSANCO field personnel using the waterproof handheld TD-500, analyze water samples along the Ohio River to protect drinking water supplies from crude oil contamination with a simple solvent extraction method and analysis results are available in less than 4 minutes.

Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments, Inc. is the worldwide industry leader in hydrocarbons in water and soil measurement applications. Their TD-500 handheld oil in water analyzer was initially developed for offshore oil production applications and is now being used for oil spill response and many other oil in water analysis applications. In the recent months TD-500’s have been used successfully for in-field oil in water analysis in:

  • Dutch Harbor, Alaska for protecting intake water for sea food processing plants from fuel leakage that Selendang Ayu left behind.
  • Delware River, New Jersey for protecting intake water power plants from crude oil leaking and puncturing tanker Athos 1.
  • Australia, by the Australian Navy for oil pollution from ship bilge water.

Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments supplies single sample analyzers and continuous on-line oil in water analyzers to all industries from drinking water to power plants, to heavy industry and oil production facilities worldwide. For more information on Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments, Inc., please visit www.oilinwatermonitors.com.


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New Hand Held Oil in Water Meter for Produced Water and Crude Oil in Water

Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments (USA) announces the next generation rugged and reliable oil field oil in water monitors for crude oil and produced water applications. The industry leader who brought you the TD-360 FastHEX and the TD-4100 XD continuous on-line oil in water monitors has just released the TD-500 TM hand held / bench top oil in water meter for crude oil. The new UV Fluorescence meter measures oil in Produced Water, Desalter Tail-Water, Crude Storage Tank Water, and in any application where crude oil may be in contact with water. It is viable for all crude oil and most gas production condensates.

It uses the same easy-to-use FastHEX procedure used on the famous TD-360 with the same high accuracy and repeatability but the new TD-500 meter is half the price of the nearest competition. The analysis method is compatible with all popular solvents including hexane, Vertrel, AK-225, Freon, xylene, and others.

The TD-500 is powered by 4 AAA batteries, weighs less than 1 pound and produces oil in water measurements in less than 4 minutes. It requires no special training and measurements correlate to EPA standard oil and grease laboratory methods. It is completely sealed meeting IP 67 Standard. It is water-proof, dust-proof and corrosion-proof and carries the CE mark.

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