The invention relates to a device for automatic determination of the
emulsion breaking degree of an oil product and a determination method. In the existing equipment for determination of the emulsionbreaking degree of the oil product, the
automation degree is low, a laboratory
technician needs to observe the oil-water separation condition in the whole process and the working efficiency is not high. The determination method comprises the following steps: by utilization of the Lambert-Beer law, stable monochromatic light transmits through a measuring cylinder containing the oil product, due todifference of light
transmittance of the oil product, water and stirred
emulsion, the transmitted lights are different in intensity, the light
transmittance of each layer can generate jump, the jump part of the light
transmittance is adopted as a dividing part of the layer and another layer, the height of each layer is equal to a product between the moving time of transmitting pools approximatelyequal in light transmittance multiply the
moving speed of the transmitting pools, a
control system calculates out the height of each layer automatically so as to judge a test endpoint. A lightproof cover with manual opening and closing is also designed at the periphery of a water
bathtub, the test endpoint can be artificially judged by pulling and opening the lightproof cover and selecting a manual mode. The device and the determination method have the advantages that unattended determination for the
emulsion breaking degree of the oil product is realized and the
automation level of the determination process is improved.