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A process and apparatus are provided for continuously sampling, for example, crude oil, to determine the amount of water and bottom sediments in the crude oil, wherein the crude oil is passed through a mixing zone in a pipeline to homogenize the crude oil, a fluid stream is continuously withdrawn fr

A process and apparatus are provided for continuously sampling, for example, crude oil, to determine the amount of water and bottom sediments in the crude oil, wherein the crude oil is passed through a mixing zone in a pipeline to homogenize the crude oil, a fluid stream is continuously withdrawn from the homogenized crude oil and introduced into a collecting vessel. The collected fluid is mixed for homogenization, whereafter a sample is taken from the fluid for analysis.

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A process for sampling a mass of non-homogeneous fluid comprising: passing a mass of the non-homogeneous fluid through a pipeline as a fluid stream; passing the fluid stream through a mixing zone in the pipeline under conditions of turbulent flow; continuously withdrawing a part of the mixed fluid s

A process for sampling a mass of non-homogeneous fluid comprising: passing a mass of the non-homogeneous fluid through a pipeline as a fluid stream; passing the fluid stream through a mixing zone in the pipeline under conditions of turbulent flow; continuously withdrawing a part of the mixed fluid stream adjacent to the mixing zone at a velocity substantially equal to the velocity of the fluid stream in the pipeline; introducing the withdrawn fluid stream part into a collecting vessel; agitating the withdrawn fluid stream part collected in the collecting vessel by continuously removing fluid from the collecting vessel and jetting the removed fluid via a loop and nozzle back into the fluid in the collecting vessel at a high velocity, the removed fluid exiting the vessel closely adjacent to the nozzle; and withdrawing a sample from the agitated withdrawn fluid stream part for analysis from the loop.