Method and apparatus for determination of absorption of a gas by a liquid

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF ABSORPTION OF A GAS BY A LIQUID SUBSTANCE IN A CLOSED SYSTEM, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A CLOSED SYSTEM HAVING A GENERATING ZONE, A REACTING ZONE, AND A PRESSURE DETERMINATION ZONE, INTRODUCING A FIRST FLUID TO SAID GENERATING ZONE, FILLING SID SYSTEM WITH SAID GAS, INTRODUCING SAID LIQUID SUBSTANCE TO SAID REACTING ZONE, PERMITTING SAID GAS TO BE ABSORBED BY SAID LIQUID SUBSTANCE REDUCING THE GAS PRESSURE IN SID GENERATING AND REACTING ZONES, SEPARATING SAID GENERATING AND REACTING ZONES FROM SAID PRESSURE DETERMINATION ZONE BY A FLUID SEAL HAVING AN ORIGINAL LEVEL WHICH MOVES TO A LOWER LEVEL IN SAID PRESSURE DETERMINATIONS ZONE AS SAID GAS IS ABSORBED BY SAID LIQUID SUBSTANCE, AND INTRODUCING A DISPLACING LIQUID, IMMISCIBLE WITH AND LIGHTER THAN SAID FIRST FLUID, INTO SAID GENERATING ZONE FROM A POINT BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID FIRST FLUID SO AS TO RESTORE THE ORIGINAL GAS PRESSURE IN SAID GENERATING AND REACTING ZONES WHEN SAID FLUID SEAL IS RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL LEVEL.