Abstract: A system for quantifying the petroleum content of aqueous media includes a sample cell; a first light source for generating a first light signal that stimulates fluorescent emissions when the first light signal irradiates hydrocarbons present in an aqueous solution in the sample cell; a spectral detector for generating a first electrical signal that represents spectral components of the fluorescent emissions in response to detecting the fluorescent emissions that are emitted from the sample cell; a second light source for generating a coherent light signal that is transformed into scattered light signals when the coherent light irradiates oil droplets in the aqueous solution; a detector for generating a second electrical signal in response to detecting scattered light signals emitted from the tube, where the second electrical signal represents the intensities and scatter angles of the scattered light signals; and a processor for determining a particle size distribution of the oil droplets from the second elec

Abstract: A fiber optic cable splice places a hot-melt adhesive tube over fused fibers, bare buffer, bare strength member and part of the protective jacket of each cable joined. A heat shrink tube is disposed over the hot-melt tube and an elongated strengthening rod is inserted between these tubes, extending longitudinally for equal lengths beyond the tubes. The hot-melt adhesive tube and heat shrink tube are heated to seal the hot-melt adhesive around the fused fibers, bare buffer, bare strength member and portions of the outer protective jacket of each cable and to shrink the heat shrink tube to bind the rod to the hot-melt tube and its enclosed contents. The cable is helically wound around the lengths of the rod extending beyond the inner tubes and an outer heat shrink tube is shrunk to bind the rod to the joined cable, the inner heat shrink tube and its enclosed contents.